Table 2.
Patient characteristics of the five studies.
| First author and year | AF in CA/NO-CA (%) | Mean age, CA/NO-CA (year) | Male sex, CA/NO-CA (%) | Diabetes, CA/NO-CA (%) | Hypertension, CA/NO-CA (%) | Smoking, CA/NO-CA (%) | Cardiovascular disease, CA/NO-CA (%) | BMI, CA/NO-CA | Race, CA/NO-CA (%) | Education, high school, CA/NO-CA (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guzzetti 2008 [8] | 3.6/1.6 | 63.1 ± 12.6/63.6 ± 9.3 | 25.7/53.0 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Erichsen 2012 [7] | NA | 75 (70–79)/74 (70–79) | 54.1/54.1 | 7.1/4.5 | 3.3/2.3 | NA | 37.7/21.7 | NA | NA | NA |
| Jakobsen 2015 [9] | NA | 66.5 (66.5–66.5)/NA | 47.4/NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Nouraie 2015 [6] | 10.1/5.4 | 67 (58–78)/56 (48–69) | 47/51 | 33/29 | 59/50 | 27/31 | 14/13 | NA | NA | NA |
| Conen 2016 [10] | 3.8/2.3 | 55 (50–61)/53 (49–58) | 0/0 | 3.2/2.6 | 30.0/25.8 | 53.3/47.5 | NA | 25.1 (22.6–28.9)/24.9 (22.5–28.3) | White: 96.5/94.9 | 43.4/44.4 |
CA = cancer group; NA = not applicable; NO-CA = noncancer group.