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Table 1 General characteristics of studied patients

From: Sex differences in the association between epicardial adipose tissue volume and left atrial volume index

 

Overall

Men

Women

 

All rhythm

SR

AF

 

All rhythm

SR

AF

 

n = 247

n = 165

n = 28

n = 137

P1

n = 82

n = 35

n = 47

P1

P2

Age, yo

65 [57, 72]

63 [55, 71]**

68 [59, 74]

63 [55, 70]

0.18

69 [62, 73]**

66 [57, 78]

70 [65, 73]

0.34

0.001

Men, n (%)

165/247 (67)

        

< 0.001

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.8 ± 4.1

26.1 ± 3.4

26.1 ± 3.2

26.1 ± 3.5

> 0.99

25.1 ± 5.3

25.1 ± 6.0

25.2 ± 4.7

0.95

0.1

EAT, mL

125.4 ± 47.2

131.8 ± 48.3**

120.9 ± 52.4

134 ± 47.3

0.19

112.5 ± 42.3**

103 ± 42.1

119.6 ± 41.6

0.082

0.002

EATVI, mL/m2

71.8 ± 25.7

71.6 ± 25.3

67.4 ± 28.3

72.4 ± 24.6

0.34

72.2 ± 26.6

66.9 ± 27.2

76.1 ± 25.8

0.12

0.87

Atrial fibrillation, n (%)

184/247 (74)

137/165 (83)***

0/28 (0)

137/137 (100)

< 0.001

47/82 (57)***

0/35 (0)

47/47 (100)

< 0.001

< 0.001

Type 2 diabetes mellitus, n (%)

69/247 (28)

52/165 (32)

11/28 (39)

41/137 (30)

0.45

17/82 (21)

10/35 (29)

7/47 (15)

0.22

0.1

Hypertension, n (%)

176/247 (71)

113/165 (69)

19/28 (68)

94/137 (69)

> 0.99

63/82 (77)

29/35 (83)

34/47 (72)

0.39

0.22

Antihypertensive drug, n (%)

193/247 (78)

127/165 (77)

15/28 (54)

112/17 (82)

0.003

66/82 (81)

23/35 (66)

43/47 (92)

0.009

0.64

ACE or ARB, n (%)

109/247 (44)

75/165 (46)

7/28 (25)

68/137 (50)

0.029

34/82 (42)

12/35 (34)

22/47 (47)

0.36

0.65

Calcium blocker, n (%)

101/247 (41)

59/165 (36)*

5/28 (18)

54/137 (39)

0.051

42/82 (51)*

13/35 (37)

29/47 (62)

0.048

0.029

Beta blocker, n (%)

91/247 (37)

69/165 (42)

3/28 (11)

66/137 (48)

0.001

22/82 (27)

3/35 (8.6)

19/47 (40)

0.003

0.031

LVEF, %

66 [61, 71]

65 [60, 71]

63 [60, 66]

66 [60, 72]

0.11

67 [62, 72.8]

65 [62, 69]

69 [63, 74]

0.017

0.062

Left atrial volume, mL

54.9 [42, 71.3]

60 [44, 78]**

53.2 [41.9, 64.2]

61 [45, 78]

0.17

51 [38.4, 60]**

43.2 [35.3, 53.1]

54 [43.5, 62.5]

0.01

0.001

Left atrial volume index, mL/m2

32 [24.1, 41.9]

32.4 [24.5, 42.2]

29.5 [22.0, 38]

33.0 [24.3, 42.4]

0.31

31 [26, 38.6]

28 [22.5, 34.5]

35.9 [28.1, 44.1]

0.015

0.71

E/E’

9.0 [7.0, 12.0]

9.0 [7.0, 12.0]*

6.7 [5.3, 7.8]

9.0 [7.0, 12.0]

< 0.001

10.0 [8.0, 12.4]*

8.0 [7.0, 10.4]

11.5 [9.0, 14.0]

< 0.001

0.032

  1. P1 between SR vs. AF in each sex; P2 between all-rhythm men vs. women
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