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Table 1 Characteristics of the participants with DVHD

From: Serum miR-222 is independently associated with atrial fibrillation in patients with degenerative valvular heart disease

 

Without AF

(n = 60)

With AF

(n = 52)

P

Age, years, mean ± SD

71.9 ± 6.9

72.9 ± 5.9

0.829

Age > 75, n (%)

21 (35)

22(42)

0.443

Male, n (%)

31 (40.3)

28 (53.8)

0.703

Type of DVHD, n (%)

 Aortic valve

16 (26.7)

19 (36.5)

0.157

 Mitral valve

15 (25)

13 (25)

0.175

 Aortic valve and mitral valve

29 (48.3)

20 (38.4)

0.134

Body mass index, kg/m2, mean ± SD

25.2 ± 2.2

24.6 ± 2.3

0.806

Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L, mean ± SD

5.9 ± 1.1

5.7 ± 1.0

0.825

TG, mmol/L, mean ± SD

1.7 ± 1.0

1.7 ± 1.0

0.813

TC, mmol/L, mean ± SD

4.4 ± 1.1

4.5 ± 1.1

0.820

SBP, mmHg, mean ± SD

129.5 ± 10.2

126.3 ± 13.6

0.792

DBP, mmHg, mean ± SD

68.3 ± 7.0

66.6 ± 6.2

0.855

Hypertension, n (%)

38 (63.3)

35 (67.3)

0.695

Diabetes, n (%)

32 (53.5)

31 (59.6)

0.569

LVEF, %, mean ± SD

54.85 ± 6.96

54.4 ± 9.0

0.843

Use of antiplatelet aggregation agents or anticoagulants, n (%)

58 (96.6)

51 (98.1)

0.554

Use of statins, n (%)

57 (95.0)

50 (96.1)

0.568

Use of ACEI/ARB, n (%)

38 (63.3)

34 (65.4)

0.489

  1. SD standard deviation, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, ACEI angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, ARB angiotensin receptor blocker