Serum N-Acetylneuraminic Acid Is Associated with Atrial Fibrillation and Left Atrial Enlargement

Table 3

Correlation analysis with Neu5Ac.

	R	value
History of AF	0.368	0.013
Age (years)	0.071	0.503
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	0.021	0.848
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	0.054	0.619
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	−0.055	0.608
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	−0.060	0.588
Creatinine (μmol/L)	0.098	0.364
Uric acid (μmol/L)	0.084	0.435
Left atrial diameter (mm)	0.255	0.015
Right atrial diameter (mm)	−0.038	0.720
Left ventricular diameter (mm)	0.130	0.223
Right ventricular diameter (mm)	0.000	0.994

R is Pearson’s correlation coefficient. Neu5Ac: N-acetylneuraminic acid; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; for significant differences.