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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with and without post-MI NAOF

From: Circulating plasma galectin-3 predicts new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients after acute myocardial infarction during hospitalization

Variables

Sinus rhythm (n = 199)

NOAF (n = 18)

p value

Age(years)

57.5 ± 10.8

66.8 ± 10.0

 < 0.001

Male (%)

170 (85.4%)

14 (77.8%)

0.387

Hypertension (%)

104 (52.3%)

10 (55.6%)

0.789

Diabetes (%)

66 (33.2%)

7 (38.9%)

0.623

Previous Stroke/TIA (%)

25 (12.6%)

2 (11.1%)

0.858

Previous MI (%)

31 (15.6%)

5 (27.8%)

0.183

Killip class (%)

  

0.008

I

103 (51.8%)

9 (50.0%)

 

II

87 (43.7%)

5 (27.8%)

 

III–IV

9 (4.5%)

4 (22.2%)

 

STEMI (%)

125 (62.8%)

13 (72.2%)

0.427

SBP (mmHg)

127.8 ± 19.7

117.6 ± 18.9

0.035

HR (bpm)

75.4 ± 13.1

77.7 ± 12.1

0.449

  1. NOAF, new-onset atrial fibrillation; TIA, transient ischemic attacks; MI, myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST-elevation myocardial infarction; SBP, systolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate