Table 2A.
Patient characteristics: echocardiography and laboratory parameters.
|
Non-AF group
(n = 30) |
AF group
(n = 30) |
p -value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echocardiography | |||
| Left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (mm) | 48.73 ± 4.73 | 48.80 ± 5.34 | 0.96 |
| Diameter of left atrium in PLAX (Parasternal long axis) (mm) | 42.87 ± 5.16 | 43.00 ± 5.12 | 0.922 |
| Diastolic dysfunction | 0.93 ± 0.73 | 1.17 ± 0.73 | 0.295 |
| Left ventricular hypertrophy (%) | 13 (43.3%) | 14 (46.7%) | >0.999 |
| Laboratory parameters | |||
| D-dimer (ug/ml) | 314.22 ± 391.99 | 308.33 ± 443.38 | >0.999 |
| Fibrinogen (g/l) | 3.71 ± 1.24 | 3.56 ± 0.58 | 0.605 |
| CRP (mg/l) | 7.62 ± 25.83 | 4.94 ± 5.31 | 0.012 |
| NT-proBNP (ng/l) | 286.84 ± 297.27 | 664.82 ± 773.48 | 0.026 |
| Hs-troponin (ng/l) | 11.55 ± 6.77 | 36.02 ± 96.97 | 0.071 |
| Apelin (ng/ml) | 0.98 ± 0.45 | 0.69 ± 0.15 | 0.032 |
| Creatinine (umol/l) | 82.00 ± 15.80 | 85.42 ± 16.53 | 0.425 |
| Creatinine clearance (ml/s) | 1.25 ± 0.21 | 1.20 ± 0.22 | 0.376 |
Data in the table are presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).
AF, atrial fibrillation; CRP, C-reactive protein; Hs-troponin, High-sensitivity troponin; NT-proBNP, N-terminal fragment of brain natriuretic peptide.