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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics in patients with and without complex ventricular ectopy

From: Biomarkers of cardiovascular injury and stress are associated with increased frequency of ventricular ectopy: a population-based study

 

No complex n = 455

Any complex n = 47

OR (95% CI)

P

Age (mean, SD)

48 (11)

56 (9)

1.08 (1.05, 1.11)

<0.001

Male gender (n, %)

249 (55)

26 (55)

1.09 (0.66, 1.79)

0.752

Current smoking (n, %)

121 (27)

11 (23)

0.84 (0.47, 1.50)

0.552

History of coronary artery disease (n, %)

38 (8)

12 (26)

3.65 (1.91, 6.96)

<0.001

History of hypertension (n, %)

144 (32)

20 (43)

1.96 (1.18, 3.26)

0.009

Diabetes mellitus (n, %)

57 (13)

3 (6)

0.92 (0.42, 2.03)

0.838

Creatinine clearance (mean, SD)

125 (36)

118 (33)

0.99 (0.99, 1.00)

0.062

Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg (mean, SD)

134 (18)

145 (20)

1.02 (1.01, 1.04)

0.003

Body mass index (mean, SD)

29 (5)

30 (6)

1.01 (0.97, 1.07)

0.597

Cholesterol ratio (mean, SD)

4.5 (2.6)

4.3 (1.4)

0.94 (0.79, 1.12)

0.474

Left ventricular hypertrophy (n, %)

23 (5)

3 (6)

2.35 (0.95, 5.80)

0.065

AHI (median, Q 1–3)

5.9 (1.6, 17.1)

12.1 (6.0, 36.0)

1.42 (1.18, 1.72)

<0.001

  1. AHI apnea-hypopnea index, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio, Q quartiles, SD standard deviation