Table 3.

Differences in clinical and laboratory characteristics between patients with and without recurrence

	CB			RF
	Recurrence-	Recurrence+	P value	Recurrence-	Recurrence+	P value
	n=59	n=10		n=57	n=12
Age, years	68 ± 12	65 ± 12	0.431	67 ± 10	67 ± 11	0.942
Men, %	58	100	0.013	56	52	0.472
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg	128 ± 16	135 ± 17	0.166	127 ± 16	130 ± 19	0.572
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg	68 ± 12	76 ± 14	0.066	74 ± 10	72 ± 10	0.653
Heart rate, bpm	63 ± 12	66 ± 8	0.375	68 ± 12	67 ± 18	0.941
Laboratory data
FBS, mg/dL	107 ± 30	103 ± 18	0.703	104 ± 16	107 ± 16	0.563
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2	66.0 ± 15.2	71.9 ± 25.6	0.307	70.0 ± 13.7	64.1 ± 20.7	0.224
BNP, pg/mL	99 ± 186	90 ± 88	0.879	82 ± 100	132 ± 151	0.161

Data are expressed as mean ± SD or percentage. P values represent data comparisons between the patients with and without recurrence in each ablation procedure. CB, cryoballoon; RF, radiofrequency; FBS, fasting blood sugar; CB, cryoballoon; RF, radiofrequency; FBS, fasting blood sugar.