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. 2021 Apr 28;2021:5530293. doi: 10.1155/2021/5530293

Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of AF patients and controls.

Characteristic The controls (n = 96) AF patients (n = 96) P value
Clinical parameters
 Age (years) 77.81 ± 11.30 78.61 ± 11.64 0.629
 Male, n (%) 96 (100) 96 (100) 1.000
 BMI (kg/m2) 23.60 ± 2.83 24.25 ± 2.74 0.106
 Smoking, n (%) 16 (16.67) 21 (21.88) 0.363
 History of CHD, n (%) 21 (21.88) 18 (18.75) 0.593
 Hypertension, n (%) 42 (43.75) 47 (48.96) 0.472
 Diabetes mellitus, n (%) 15 (15.62) 17 (17.71) 0.700
 Hyperlipidemia 24 (25.00) 20 (20.83) 0.495
 Antihypertensive medication, n (%) 42 (43.75) 46 (47.92) 0.565
 Glucose lowering treatment, n (%) 14 (14.58) 15 (15.63) 0.841
 Lipid-lowering medication, n (%) 41 (42.71) 34 (35.42) 0.303
 SBP (mmHg) 127.54 ± 11.10 129.02 ± 12.25 0.382
 DBP (mmHg) 68.35 ± 8.74 70.42 ± 9.00 0.109
Laboratory parameters
 TC (mmol/L) 3.67 ± 0.73 3.59 ± 0.73 0.464
 TG (mmol/L) 1.22 ± 0.49 1.34 ± 0.58 0.107
 LDL-C (mmol/L) 2.33 ± 0.71 2.21 ± 0.68 0.236
 HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.26 ± 0.33 1.21 ± 0.30 0.283
 Cr (mmol/L) 84.03 ± 15.88 88.82 ± 21.12 0.077
 BUN (mmol/L) 6.30 ± 1.56 6.55 ± 1.83 0.299
 UA (mmol/L) 311.02 ± 58.10 333.08 ± 76.18 0.025
 FBG (mmol/L) 6.18 ± 0.96 6.15 ± 0.99 0.829
 GHb (%) 6.02 ± 0.57 6.11 ± 0.66 0.311
 CRP (mg/dL) 0.71 ± 0.46 0.84 ± 0.51 0.077
Echocardiographic parameters
 LVEF (%) 60.06 ± 4.23 58.94 ± 3.87 0.056
 LAD (mm) 37.54 ± 3.02 38.68 ± 4.02 0.028

Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; CHD: coronary heart disease; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Cr: creatinine; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; UA: uric acid; FBG: fasting blood glucose; GHb: glycated hemoglobin; CRP: C-reactive protein; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LAD: left atrial diameter. P < 0.05 with italic font means statistically significant.