Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population according to the self-rated health status.
From: Self-rated health and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation in general population
Self-rated health (n = 9,895) | P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Fair | Good | ||
(n = 3,380) | (n = 3,521) | (n = 2,994) | ||
Age (years) | 54.8 ± 9.1 | 50.7 ± 8.4 | 51.3 ± 8.8 | < 0.001 |
Males | 1,215 (35.9) | 1,773 (50.4) | 1699 (56.7) | < 0.001 |
Urban residential area | 1,517 (44.9) | 1,734 (49.2) | 1714 (57.2) | < 0.001 |
High education level | 243 (7.2) | 519 (14.8) | 531 (17.8) | < 0.001 |
Height (cm) | 157.7 ± 8.5 | 160.7 ± 8.3 | 161.8 ± 8.6 | < 0.001 |
Weight (kg) | 61.1 ± 10.0 | 63.3 ± 9.9 | 64.7 ± 10.1 | < 0.001 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.6 ± 3.4 | 24.5 ± 3.0 | 24.7 ± 3.0 | 0.043 |
WC (cm) | 83.1 ± 9.3 | 82.3 ± 8.6 | 82.6 ± 8.4 | < 0.001 |
Smoking | < 0.001 | |||
Never-smoker | 2,207 (66.2) | 1,968 (56.5) | 1,583 (53.3) | |
Ex-smoker | 387 (11.6) | 547 (15.7) | 578 (19.5) | |
Current smoker | 742 (22.2) | 971 (27.9) | 809 (27.2) | |
Alcohol consumption | < 0.001 | |||
Never-drinker | 1,862 (55.5) | 1,472 (42.1) | 1,218 (40.8) | |
Ex-drinker | 261 (7.8) | 213 (6.1) | 168 (5.6) | |
Current drinker | 1,231 (36.7) | 1,814 (51.8) | 1,597 (53.6) | |
Physical activity (MET-h/day) | 23.5 [11.3–37.2] | 23.6 [11.6–35.0] | 24.0 [12.8–34.2] | 0.410 |
Comorbidity | ||||
Hypertension | 741 (21.9) | 480 (13.6) | 305 (10.2) | < 0.001 |
Diabetes | 407 (12.0) | 156 (4.4) | 96 (3.2) | < 0.001 |
Dyslipidaemia | 89 (2.6) | 98 (2.8) | 56 (1.9) | 0.042 |
Myocardial infarction | 49 (1.5) | 28 (0.8) | 14 (0.5) | < 0.001 |
Heart failure | 10 (0.3) | 8 (0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 0.231 |
Coronary artery disease | 48 (1.4) | 20 (0.6) | 8 (0.3) | < 0.001 |
Asthma | 121 (3.6) | 65 (1.8) | 30 (1.0) | < 0.001 |
Chronic lung disease | 32 (0.9) | 19 (0.5) | 14 (0.5) | 0.034 |
Stroke | 74 (2.2) | 31 (0.9) | 11 (0.4) | < 0.001 |
Laboratory tests | ||||
HbA1c (%) | 6.0 ± 1.2 | 5.7 ± 0.8 | 5.7 ± 0.8 | < 0.001 |
Total-C (mg/dL) | 191.7 ± 37.8 | 190.5 ± 35.0 | 192.6 ± 34.7 | 0.052 |
HDL-C (mg/dL) | 44.3 ± 10.3 | 44.8 ± 10.1 | 44.8 ± 9.7 | 0.090 |
Triglyceride (mg/dL) | 166.7 [104–193] | 159.7 [97–191] | 161.0 [98–187] | 0.022 |
WBC (×103/uL) | 6.6 ± 1.9 | 6.6 ± 1.8 | 6.5 ± 1.8 | 0.003 |
CRP (mg/dL) | 0.29 [0.08–0.29] | 0.21 [0.06–0.23] | 0.20 [0.06–0.23] | < 0.001 |
