Research Article
Mitochondrial Dysfunction Contributes to Aging-Related Atrial Fibrillation
Table 1
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of AF patients and controls.
| Characteristic | The controls () | AF patients () | value |
| Clinical parameters | Age (years) | | | 0.629 | Male, (%) | 96 (100) | 96 (100) | 1.000 | BMI (kg/m2) | | | 0.106 | Smoking, (%) | 16 (16.67) | 21 (21.88) | 0.363 | History of CHD, (%) | 21 (21.88) | 18 (18.75) | 0.593 | Hypertension, (%) | 42 (43.75) | 47 (48.96) | 0.472 | Diabetes mellitus, (%) | 15 (15.62) | 17 (17.71) | 0.700 | Hyperlipidemia | 24 (25.00) | 20 (20.83) | 0.495 | Antihypertensive medication, (%) | 42 (43.75) | 46 (47.92) | 0.565 | Glucose lowering treatment, (%) | 14 (14.58) | 15 (15.63) | 0.841 | Lipid-lowering medication, (%) | 41 (42.71) | 34 (35.42) | 0.303 | SBP (mmHg) | | | 0.382 | DBP (mmHg) | | | 0.109 | Laboratory parameters | TC (mmol/L) | | | 0.464 | TG (mmol/L) | | | 0.107 | LDL-C (mmol/L) | | | 0.236 | HDL-C (mmol/L) | | | 0.283 | Cr (mmol/L) | | | 0.077 | BUN (mmol/L) | | | 0.299 | UA (mmol/L) | | | 0.025 | FBG (mmol/L) | | | 0.829 | GHb (%) | | | 0.311 | CRP (mg/dL) | | | 0.077 | Echocardiographic parameters | LVEF (%) | | | 0.056 | LAD (mm) | | | 0.028 |
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Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; CHD: coronary heart disease; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; TC: total cholesterol; TG: triglyceride; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Cr: creatinine; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; UA: uric acid; FBG: fasting blood glucose; GHb: glycated hemoglobin; CRP: C-reactive protein; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; LAD: left atrial diameter. with italic font means statistically significant. |