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. 2018 Oct 9;7(20):e010153. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.118.010153

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Study Population Stratified by Successful and Unsuccesful Pharmacological Cardioversion

Variable Whole Population (N=450) Successful Cardioversion (N=314) Unsuccessful Cardioversion (N=136) P Value
Male sex 212 (47.1%) 143 (45.5%) 69 (50.7%) 0.311a
Age, y 65.5±11.9 65.4±11.2 65.9±13.2 0.640b
Weight, kg 82.2±16.2 83.8±17.1 75.2±11.3 0.422b
Arterial hypertension 328 (72.9%) 226 (72.0%) 102 (75.0%) 0.559a
Diabetes mellitus 79 (17.6%) 57 (18.2%) 22 (16.2%) 0.576a
CAD/PAD 144 (32.4%) 107 (34.1%) 37 (27.2%) 0.154a
Former TIA/stroke 20 (4.4%) 18 (5.7%) 2 (1.5%) 0.043a
LVEF, % 52.7±9.1 52.7±9.4 52.7±8.4 0.951b
LVEF <50% 66 (14.7%) 49 (15.6%) 17 (12.5%) 0.235a
LAd, mm 42.2±5.1 42.0±4.8 42.6±5.7 0.320b
TnT, pg/mL 10 (7; 16) 9 (7; 16) 10 (7; 15) 0.795c
SCr, mg/dL 0.99±0.34 0.98±0.36 1.02±0.26 0.293b
eGFR, mL/min 71.4±17.6 72.5±17.4 68.7±17.8 0.046b
eGFR <60 mL/min per 1.73 m2 105 (23.3%) 69 (22.0%) 36 (26.5%) 0.261a
K+ level, mEq/L 4.3±0.4 4.2±0.4 4.3±0.4 0.023b
WBC, ×1000/μL 7.8±2.9 7.6±3.0 8.1±2.5 0.187b
Hemoglobin, g/dL 14.3±1.5 14.3±1.5 14.3±1.5 0.729b
TSH, mIU/L 1.81 (1.10–2.72) 1.90 (1.10–2.72) 1.55 (1.16–2.58) 0.749c

CAD indicates coronary artery disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; LAd, left atrial diameter; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PAD, peripheral artery disease; SCr, serum creatinine concentration; SD, standard deviation; TIA, transient ischemic attack; TnT, troponin T concentration; TSH, thyroid‐stimulating hormone concentration; WBC, white blood cell count.

a

Chi‐squared test.

b

Student t test.

c

Mann‐Whitney U test.