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Published in final edited form as: J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2021 Jul 5;32(8):2097–2104. doi: 10.1111/jce.15141

TABLE 2.

Comorbidities in obese versus nonobese patients

Comorbidity	Obese patients (n = 234)	Nonobese patients (n = 367)	p
Diabetes	57 (24.4%)	32 (8.7%)	<0.001^*
Hypertension	138 (59.0%)	149 (40.6%)	<0.001^*
Active alcohol use	114 (48.7%)	193 (52.6%)	0.36
Prior TIA/CVA	14 (6.0%)	33 (9.0%)	0.21
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	5 (2.1%)	3 (0.8%)	0.27
Obstructive sleep apnea	76 (32.5%)	25 (6.8%)	<0.001^*
Coronary artery disease	43 (18.4%)	56 (15.3%)	0.31
Persistent AF	126 (53.8%)	160 (43.6%)	0.02^*
Months of AF diagnosis	49.7 ± 57.8	54.1 ± 70.6	0.78

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; TIA, transient ischemic attack.

p < 0.05