Table 2.

Collagen biomarker mean values according to presence or absence of atrial fibrillation (AF) with or without CVD

		PIIINP (μg/L)	ICTP (μg/L)
	N	Mean±SE	Mean±SE
No AF
Neither incident CVD nor incident AF	2217	5.41±0.03	3.28±0.03
Incident CVD, no incident AF	497	5.58±0.07	3.44±0.06
AF without other CVD
No incident CVD, any incident AF	166	5.89±0.13	3.88±0.14
Incident CVD after incident AF	61	5.90±0.26	4.48±0.23
AF accompanied by other CVD
Incident CVD within 30 days of incident AF	63	5.52±0.15	3.63±0.14
Incident CVD before incident AF	67	5.39±0.18	3.97±0.33