TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics and working profile of the study population.

Variables	PAF patients (n = 11)
Age (years)	57.3 ± 6.7
Sex (M/F)	10/1
Weight (kg)	79.2 ± 10.4
Height (cm)	175.7 ± 7.4
BMI (kg/m2)	25.7 ± 3.2
Job task/workload
Blue collars/physical, n (%)	3 (27)
Office Workers/mental, n (%)	3 (27)
Other/both physical and mental, n (%)	5 (46)

BMI, indicates body mass index. Results are expressed as mean ± standard deviation. Blue-collars workers are engaged mostly in manual work activity; Office workers are characterized by prevailing mental load; Others are workers characterized by both physical and mental workload; more details in the text.