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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Oct;10(5):e001902. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001902

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study samples used for sequencing of the PRRX1 locus.

MGH AFStudy Framingham Heart Study P value
Number of individuals 462 464 -
Phenotype AF Referents -
Sex, male (%) 363 (79) 366 (79) -
Mean age of AF onset (MGH) orDNA blood draw (FHS), years 47±11 55±11 <0.0001
Height, cm 177±10 173±8 <0.0001
Weight, kg 91±19 85±17 <0.0001
BMI, kg/m2 28.1±6.6 28.3±4.8 0.59
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg 125±16 128±18 0.008
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg 76±10 78±9 0.001
Family history of AF, percent 28 0

AF – atrial fibrillation; BMI – body mass index; MGH – Massachusetts General Hospital; Data are presented as mean ± SD or percentage