Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study cohort
From: Anthropometric measures and the risk of developing atrial fibrillation: a Swedish Cohort Study
Men (n = 9883) | Women (16,078) | |
|---|---|---|
Total n: | 9883 | 16,078 |
Incidence of AF, n (per 1000 p-y) | 2102 (11.83) | 2215 (6.98) |
Age at screening (years) | 59 ± 7 | 57 ± 8 |
Height (cm) | 176.5 ± 6.6 | 164.7 ± 6.0 |
Weight (kg) | 81.6 ± 12 | 67.9 ± 11.6 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26.2 ± 3.4 | 25.4 ± 4.2 |
BF % | 20.7 ± 5 | 30.7 ± 5 |
WHR | 0.94 ± 0.06 | 0.79 ± 0.05 |
WC (cm) | 93.6 ± 12.7 | 77.7 ± 10.5 |
WHtR | 0.53 ± 0.07 | 0.48 ± 0.07 |
Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) | 144 ± 19 | 139 ± 20 |
leukocyte count (10^9/l) | 6.37 ± 2.59 | 6.42 ± 2.32 |
Follow-up period (years) | 18 ± 6.5 | 19.7 ± 5.3 |
Apo A1 (mg/dL) | 145 ± 24.7 | 165 ± 27.6 |
Apo B (mg/dL) | 111 ± 25.4 | 105 ± 26.3 |
High Alcohol Consumption (> 40/30 g per day for men/women) (%) | 7.5 | 2.4 |
Current smoking (%) | 28.8 | 27.9 |
Current use of antihypertensive medicine (%) | 17.6 | 15.30 |
Use of Lipid Lowering Drugs (%) | 3.3 | 1.80 |
Immigrated to Sweden (%) | 11.9 | 11.8 |
Diagnosed diabetes (%) | 5.0 | 3.1 |
Married (%) | 72.7 | 60.8 |
Primary school education (%) | 45.2 | 38.9 |
Secondary school education (%) | 19.6 | 30.5 |
Higher levels of education (%) | 35.2 | 30.6 |
History of coronary event (%) | 2.9 | 1.6 |
History of heart failure (%) | 0.4 | 0.2 |