Research Article
P Wave Duration/P Wave Voltage Ratio Plays a Promising Role in the Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation: A New Player in the Game
Table 1
Demographic characteristics.
| | | New-onset atrial fibrillation (n = 150) | Nonatrial fibrillation (n = 490) | value |
| | Age (years) | 68.3 ± 7.9 | 66.9 ± 6.7 | 0.149 | | Male sex (%) | 54 (36.0) | 201 (41.0) | 0.272 | | BMI (kg/m2) | 28.3 ± 8.2 | 28.8 ± 7.3 | 0.893 | | Diabetes mellitus (%) | 50 (33.3) | 196 (40.0) | 0.142 | | Smoking (%) | 67 (44.7) | 147 (30.0) | 0.001 | | Hypertension (%) | 122 (81.3) | 373 (76.1) | 0.182 | | Hyperlipidemia (%) | 15 (10.0) | 32 (6.5) | 0.154 | | Prior TIA or stroke (%) | 9 (6.0) | 20 (4.1) | 0.323 | | Prior diagnosis of CHF (%) | 14 (9.3) | 32 (6.5) | 0.245 | | Known coronary artery disease (%) | 65 (43.3) | 199 (40.6) | 0.554 | | Peripheral vascular disease (%) | 6 (4.0) | 59 (12.0) | 0.004 | | COPD (%) | 34 (22.7) | 126 (25.7) | 0.451 | | CHA2DS2VASc score | 3.4 ± 1.3 | 3.2 ± 1.4 | 0.181 |
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Expressed as mean ± SD and N (%) for continuous and categorical variables. BMI: body mass index; CHA2DS2VASc: congestive heart failure-hypertension-age ≥ 75 years-diabetes mellitus-stroke-vascular disease-age 65–74 years-sex; CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; TIA: transient ischemic attack.
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