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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: a matched case–control study

Variables

HOCM with AF (N = 105)

HOCM without AF (N = 315)

P

Male (N, %)

62 (59.0)

188 (59.7)

0.909

Age (y)

50.7 ± 11.3

50.4 ± 11.2

0.779

BMI (kg/m2)

25.8 ± 3.9

25.6 ± 4.2

0.630

Heart rate (beats/min)

73.3 ± 14.0

71.8 ± 10.1

0.303

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

120.6 ± 14.6

122.8 ± 15.2

0.190

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

72.7 ± 8.8

73.3 ± 9.3

0.573

Smoking (N, %)

39 (37.1)

122 (38.7)

0.840

NYHA class

2.65 ± 0.7

2.69 ± 0.5

0.329

Family history of HCM or SCD (N, %)

11 (10.5)

29 (9.2)

0.701

History of cerebrovascular disease (N, %)

9 (8.6)

6 (1.9)

0.001

Concomitant disease

   

MB (N, %)

20 (19.0)

23 (7.3)

0.001

PH (N, %)

19 (18.1)

25 (7.9)

0.003

Hypertension (N, %)

27 (25.7)

94 (29.8)

0.419

Diabetes (N, %)

7 (6.7)

17 (5.4)

0.627

Hyperlipemia (N, %)

41 (39.0)

79 (25.1)

0.005

Clinic presentation

   

Chest pain (N, %)

39 (37.1)

123 (39.0)

0.779

Amaurosis (N, %)

12 (11.4)

69 (21.9)

0.018

Palpitation (N, %)

51 (48.6)

63 (20.0)

0.000

Syncope (N, %)

18 (17.1)

73 (23.2)

0.194

Echocardiographic indices

   

Left atrial diameter (mm)

49.9 ± 7.2

45.3 ± 7.0

0.000

LVEDD (mm)

42.3 ± 4.9

43.0 ± 4.8

0.198

IVST (mm)

20.4 ± 5.1

19.2 ± 4.5

0.024

LVOT gradient (mm Hg)

77.9 ± 25.1

84.7 ± 28.1

0.028

LVEF (%)

70.1 ± 6.3

70.0 ± 7.1

0.961

Moderate or severe MR (N, %)

44 (41.9)

140 (44.4)

0.650

  1. Values are presented as mean ± SD or as N (%)
  2. HOCM, hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy; BMI, body mass index; NYHA, New York Heart Association; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; SCD, sudden cardiac death; MB, myocardial bridging; PH, pulmonary artery hypertension; LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; IVST, interventricular septal thickness; LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MR, mitral regurgitation