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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