Table 1 Demographic and other characteristics of patients.

From: The relationship of atrial fibrillation with left atrial size in patients with essential hypertension

Characteristics

Atrial fibrillation

No atrial fibrillation

Total*

P-value

Female

68 (20.5%)

263 (79.5%)

331 (34.6%)

0.001

Male

76 (12.1%)

551 (87.9%)

627 (65.4%)

Total

144

814

958

 

Age

(67.97 ± 10.68)

(60.24 ± 11.21)

(61.40 ± 11.46)

 < 0.001

Smoking (yes)

56 (14.5%)

330 (85.5%)

386 (40.3%)

0.71

Smoking (no)

88 (15.4%)

484 (84.6%)

572 (59.7%)

Total

144

814

958

 

Coronary artery disease (yes)

97 (19.8%)

394 (80.2%)

491 (51.3%)

 < 0.001

Coronary artery disease (no)

47 (10.1%)

420 (89.9%)

467 (48.7%)

Total

144

814

958

 

Heart failure (yes)

74 (41.1%)

106 (58.9%)

180 (18.8%)

 < 0.001

Heart failure (no)

70 (9.0%)

708 (91.0%)

778 (81.2%)

Total

144

814

958

 

Diabetes (yes)

89 (15.7%)

478 (84.3%)

567 (59.2%)

0.488

Diabetes (no)

55 (14.1%)

336 (85.9%)

391 (40.8%)

Total

144

814

958

 

Systolic blood pressure

(131.27 ± 20.55)

(133.13 ± 19.04)

(132.85 ± 19.28)

0.313

Diastolic blood pressure

(76.33 ± 10.13)

(78.09 ± 10.61)

(77.82 ± 10.55)

0.066

Left atrial size

(4.2 ± 0.461)

(3.91 ± 0.297)

(3.96 ± 0.342)

 < 0.001

Left ventricular ejection fraction (%)

(47.85 ± 11.63)

(52.0 ± 9.0)

(51.40 ± 9.55)

 < 0.001

LV dimension in diastole

(5.32 ± 0.537)

(5.17 ± 0.491)

(5.19 ± 0.501)

0.002

LV dimension in systole

(4.04 ± 0.732)

(3.85 ± 0.612)

(3.88 ± 0.634)

0.005

Serum Creatinine µmol/L

(141.21 ± 118.0)

(118.32 ± 126.45)

(121.41 ± 125.04)

0.044

  1. Categorical variables were analyzed using chi – square test of independence.
  2. Continuous variables were analyzed using student t-test.
  3. *The percentage in total column represents total percentage of each row.
  4. Significant values are in bold.