Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants
| Characteristics | Overall study population | AF group (n=9) | SR group (n=18) | p |
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| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
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| Age (year) | 72.04 (11.81) | 76.78 (5.93) | 69.76 (13.37) | 0.085 |
| Height (cm) | 169.59 (6.95) | 170.89 (7.80) | 168.94 (6.63) | 0.668 |
| Weight (kg) | 74.15 (15.71) | 75.89 (19.10) | 73.28 (14.26) | 0.860 |
| BMI | 25.78 (5.38) | 26.00 (6.58) | 25.66 (4.88) | 0.940 |
| N | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Gender (male) | 18 | 5 (27.78) | 13 (72.22) | 0.423 |
| Medical patient | 7 | 4 (57.14) | 3 (42.86) | 0.175 |
| Surgical patient | 20 | 5 (25) | 15 (75) | |
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| Comorbidities | ||||
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| N | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Hypertension | 16 | 6 (66.7) | 10 (55.6) | 0.692 |
| Diabetes | 11 | 2 (22.2) | 9 (50.0) | 0.231 |
| Coronary artery disease | 8 | 1 (11.1) | 7 (38.9) | 0.201 |
| History of AF | 4 | 2 (22.2) | 2 (11.1) | 0.582 |
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| Source of infection | ||||
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| N | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Primary blood stream | 1 | 0 (0) | 1(100) | 1.00 |
| Respiratory tract | 5 | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | 1.00 |
| Abdominal | 14 | 4 (29) | 10 (71) | 0.695 |
| Genito-urinary tract | 6 | 2 (33) | 4 (67) | 1.00 |
| Skin or soft tissue | 1 | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 0.33 |
Values are expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD) or as total number (N) and percentage (%) where appropriate; p value was obtained using Mann-Whitney’s non-parametric U test for Fisher’s exact test where appropriate. BMI: body mass index; AF: atrial fibrillation; SR: sinus rhythm