Table 1.
Patients' characteristics
| Total (n = 348) | Paroxysmal atrial fibrillation |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detected (n = 35) | not detected (n = 313) | |||
| Age, years | 72.2±11.5 | 75.4±7.2 | 71.9±11.8 | 0.09 |
| Men | 200 (57.5%) | 17 (48.6%) | 183 (58.5%) | 0.26 |
| Hypertension | 271 (77.9%) | 29 (82.9%) | 242 (77.3%) | 0.45 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 103 (29.6%) | 8 (22.9%) | 95 (30.4%) | 0.36 |
| Hypercholesterolemia | 187 (53.7%) | 16 (45.7%) | 171 (54.6%) | 0.32 |
| End-stage renal failure | 19 (5.5%) | 3 (8.6%) | 16 (5.1%) | 0.39 |
| Smoking | 174 (50.0%) | 13 (37.1%) | 161 (51.4%) | 0.11 |
| Drinking | 140 (40.2%) | 15 (42.9%) | 125 (39.9%) | 0.74 |
| History of heart disease | 101 (29.0%) | 12 (34.3%) | 89 (28.4%) | 0.47 |
| History of stroke | 68 (19.5%) | 5 (14.3%) | 63 (20.1%) | 0.41 |
| NIHSS score on admission | 2 (IQR 0–4) | 2 (IQR 0–4) | 2 (IQR 0–4) | 0.80 |
NIHSS, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; IQR, interquartile range. Data for age are shown as means ± SD.