Table 3.

Comparison of prevalence of atrial fibrillation according to participants’ blood biochemical factors.

Biochemical factors	Men			Women
	Frequency	Prevalence (%)	P-value	Frequency	Prevalence (%)	P-value
Total cholesterol			0.0213§			0.0122§
Not -elevated	2039	2.45		2914	1.51
Elevated	2059	1.46		4634	0.88
Triglyceride			0.2445			0.8042
Not-elevated	3215	2.08		6377	1.11
Elevated	883	1.47		1170	1.20
High density lipoprotein cholesterol			0.5180			0.0091§
Not-elevated	3768	1.91		6505	1.00
Elevated	330	2.42		1043	1.92
Low density lipoprotein cholesterol			0.0873			0.0601
Not-elevated	3099	2.16		5245	1.28
Elevated	999	1.30		2303	0.78
Uric acid			0.1591			<0.0001§
Not-elevated	2163	1.66		4108	0.99
Elevated	1935	2.27		3440	1.87
Blood sugar			0.0146§			0.0088§
Not-elevated	3390	1.71		6369	1.15
Elevated	708	3.11		1179	2.26
Creatinine			0.0006§			<0.0001§
Not-elevated	3346	1.64		6836	0.91
Elevated	861	3.48		970	2.89

^§This symbol indicates P-value < 0.05 based on the χ² test.