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Table 1 Demographic variables, conventional risk factors, and echocardiographic data

From: Cardiac computed tomography in patients with symptomatic new-onset atrial fibrillation, rule-out acute coronary syndrome, but with intermediate pretest probability for coronary artery disease admitted to a chest pain unit

 

All patients

(n = 73)

Agatston score

> 50th percentile

(n = 22 of 44)

0

(n = 18)

> 0

(n = 55)

p value

Demographics

 Age

71 (62–78)

62 (57–69)

74 (66–79)

0.001

65 (59–69)

 Female

43 (59%)

11 (61%)

32 (58%)

1

10 (45%)

History

 Smoking

6 (8%)

2 (11%)

4 (7%)

0.63

3 (14%)

 Art. hypertension

57 (78%)

13 (72%)

44 (80%)

0.52

14 (64%)

 Fam. history

22 (30%)

8 (44%)

14 (25%)

0.15

6 (27%)

 HLP

38 (52%)

9 (50%)

29 (53%)

0.79

12 (55%)

 DM

4 (5%)

1 (6%)

3 (5%)

1

1 (5%)

Measurements

 BMI

27 (25–30)

28 (26–30)

27 (24–30)

0.28

27 (25–30)

 HR (at admission)

120 (91–135)

122 (106–139)

115 (90–134)

0.62

124 (97–130)

 BP systolic

130 (120–150)

125 (116–130)

130 (125–150)

0.061

130 (116–140)

 BP diastolic

80 (75–90)

80 (76–85)

80 (75–90)

0.91

80 (71–90)

 HR (at CCT imaging)

68 (59–74)

70 (60–77)

67 (58–72)

0.25

69 (60–72)

CHA2DS2-VASc

3 (2–4)

2 (1–3)

3 (2–4)

0.11

2 (1–2)

Mitral regurgitation

   

0.17

 

 None

31 (42%)

9 (50%)

22 (40%)

n/a

8 (36%)

 I°

34 (47%)

7 (39%)

27 (49%)

n/a

12 (55%)

 I–II°

3 (4%)

2 (11%)

1 (2%)

n/a

1 (5%)

 II°

5 (7%)

0 (0%)

5 (9%)

n/a

1 (5%)

Ejection fraction

   

0.28

 

 Normal

61 (84%)

16 (89%)

45 (82%)

n/a

19 (86%)

 Slightly reduced

10 (14%)

1 (6%)

9 (16%)

n/a

3 (14%)

 Moderately reduced

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

1 (2%)

n/a

0 (0%)

  1. BP blood pressure, CCT cardiac computed tomography, DM diabetes mellitus, BMI body mass index, HLP hyperlipoproteinemia, HR heart rate