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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 1226 patients with heart failure and 1401 patients with a recent MI, respectively

From: Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with either Heart Failure or Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Cohort Study

 

Baseline characteristics in

DIAMOND-heart failure

Baseline characteristics in DIAMOND-MI

 

Sinus rhythm

(n = 1133)

New-onset AF

(n = 93)

p-value

Sinus rhythm

(n = 1369)

New-onset AF

(n = 32)

p-value

Age (mean)

69

71

0.12

68

71

0.07

Male gender

809 (71%)

79 (85%)

0.005

1011 (74%)

25 (78%)

0.59

Smoker

411 (36%)

24 (26%)

0.04

613 (45%)

14 (44%)

0.90

BMI

25.5

26.2

0.16

25.7

24.6

0.11

Previous MI

612 (54%)

49 (53%)

0.81

492 (36%)

11 (34%)

0.86

Diabetes

219 (19%)

23 (25%)

0.21

168 (12%)

3 (9%)

0.62

Angina pectoris

546 (48%)

35 (38%)

0.05

633 (46%)

15 (47%)

0.94

History of IHD

785 (69%)

63 (68%)

0.76

785 (57%)

18 (56%)

0.90

Hypertension

159 (14%)

15 (16%)

0.47

229 (17%)

5 (16%)

0.87

WMI

0.86

0.85

0.45

1.04

1.03

0.60

LVEF

0.26

0.25

0.45

0.31

0.31

0.60

Cr CL

56.4

55.0

0.56

64.7

68.0

<0.0001

ACE inhibitor

858 (76%)

73 (78%)

0.54

771 (56%)

13 (41%)

0.08

Digoxin

118 (10%)

6 (6%)

0.22

505 (37%)

7 (22%)

0.08

History of AF

71 (6%)

43 (46%)

<0.0001

23 (2%)

3 (9%)

0.001

  1. ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme; AF, atrial fibrillation; BMI, body mass index; Cr CL, creatinine clearance; HF, heart failure; IHD, ischemic heart disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; WMI, wall motion index.