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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

From: Hemoglobin A1c and risk of left atrial thrombus and spontaneous echo contrast in non-valvular atrial fibrillation patients

Variables

LAT/SEC group (n = 87)

Non-LAT/SEC group (n = 1071)

P

Age (years)

61.47 ± 10.78

56.54 ± 12.30

<0.001*

Female, n (%)

38 (43.68)

351 (32.77)

0.045*

Non-paroxysmal AF, n (%)

38 (43.68)

175 (16.34)

<0.001*

Type 2 diabetes mellitus, n (%)

31 (36.63)

148 (13.82)

<0.001*

Hypertension, n (%)

61 (70.11)

455 (42.48)

<0.001*

Stroke/TIA, n (%)

9 (10.34%)

19 (1.77)

<0.001*

Heart failure, n (%)

27 (31.03)

129 (12.04)

<0.001*

Vascular disease, N (%)

17 (19.54)

71 (6.63)

<0.001*

COPD, N (%)

21 (18.27)

211 (19.70)

0.855

Age ≥65, N (%)

38 (43.68)

310 (28.94)

0.005*

Age ≥75, N (%)

6 (6.90)

46 (4.30)

0.275

LVDd, (mm)

46.79 ± 4.67

45.84 ± 4.54

0.070

LAd, (mm)

41.36 ± 5.58

36.29 ± 5.66

<0.001*

LVEF, (%)

63.86 ± 6.89

65.79 ± 7.02

0.014*

Uric acid, (μmol/L)

395.98 ± 99.68

356.49 ± 78.04

<0.001*

Hb1Ac, (%)

6.13 ± 0.41

5.89 ± 0.45

<0.001*

LDL-C, (μmol/L)

3.06 ± 0.93

2.90 ± 0.81

0.336

D-dimer, (μg/L)

220.45 ± 210.42

247.87 ± 439.71

0.412

CHADS2 score

1.64 ± 1.27

0.76 ± 0.66

<0.001*

CHA2DS2-VASc score

2.71 ± 1.68

1.45 ± 1.30

<0.001*

  1. AF atrial fibrillation, TIA: transient ischemic attack, LVDd left ventricular diastolic dimension, LAd left atrial dimension, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction, LDL low-density lipoprotein, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. * With statistical significance