Demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants enrolled in the study
| Patients with no AF (n=216) | Patients without AF or any other arrhythmia (n=208) | Patients with positive BP AF readings with non-AF arrhythmias (n=8) | p Value patients without AF or any other arrhythmia vs patients with positive BP AF readings with non-AF arrhythmias | Patients with AF (n=4) | p Value patients with AF vs patients with no AF | p Value patients with AF vs patients without AF or any other arrhythmia | p Value patients with AF vs patients with positive BP AF readings with non-AF arrhythmias | All patients (n=220) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 57.2±15.2 (20–84) | 57.2±15.3 (20–84) | 56.4±14.8 (32–74) | 0.880 | 77.0±1.2 (76–78) | 0.010 | 0.010 | 0.027 | 57.5±15.3 (20–84) |
| Male/female (%) | 111/105 (51.4)/(48.6) | 106/102 (51.0)/(49.0) | 5/3 (62.5)/(37.5) | 0.522 | 2/2 (50.0)/(50.0) | 0.956 | 0.970 | 0.679 | 113/107 (51.4)/(48.6) |
| Height (cm) | 166.7±9.3 | 166.6±9.3 | 169.5±8.2 | 0.383 | 170.3±8.2 | 0.447 | 0.434 | 0.895 | 166.8±9.3 |
| Weight (kg) | 71.6±15.0 | 71.7±15.1 | 67.1±11.0 | 0.397 | 80.8±17.5 | 0.226 | 0.235 | 0.140 | 71.7±15.0 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.6±4.3 | 25.7±4.3 | 23.3±3.1 | 0.122 | 27.7±4.5 | 0.337 | 0.357 | 0.096 | 25.7±4.3 |
| Obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2) | 31 (14.4) | 31 (14.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0.238 | 2 (50.0) | 0.048 | 0.055 | 0.028 | 3.3 (15.0) |
| Current smokers (%) | 37 (17.1) | 34 (16.3) | 3 (37.5) | 0.119 | 1 (25.0) | 0.680 | 0.644 | 0.665 | 38 (17.3) |
| Alcohol drinkers (%) | 94 (43.5) | 91 (43.8) | 3 (37.5) | 0.726 | 1 (25.0) | 0.459 | 0.454 | 0.665 | 95 (43.2) |
| Cardiovascular diseases (%) | 23 (10.6) | 23 (11.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0.320 | 2 (50.0) | 0.014 | 0.017 | 0.028 | 25 (11.4) |
| Hypertension (%) | 78 (36.1) | 78 (37.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0.053 | 2 (50.0) | 0.567 | 0.609 | 0.028 | 80 (36.4) |
| Diabetes (%) | 17 (7.9) | 17 (8.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0.400 | 0 (0.0) | 0.559 | 0.551 | – | 17 (7.7) |
| Dyslipidaemia (%) | 60 (27.8) | 60 (28.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0.074 | 0 (0.0) | 0.216 | 0.205 | – | 60 (27.3) |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 133.9±18.5 | 133.8±18.4 | 136.4±22.2 | 0.697 | 151.5±6.1 | 0.059 | 0.058 | 0.182 | 134.2±18.5 |
| DBP (mm Hg) | 81.0±12.0 | 80.4±10.0 | 82.8±10.5 | 0.524 | 88.3±12.0 | 0.233 | 0.125 | 0.372 | 81.1±12.1 |
| HR (bpm) | 72.9±11.3 | 73.2±11.4 | 67.0±5.9 | 0.129 | 72.3±3.6 | 0.905 | 0.873 | 0.445 | 72.9±11.2 |
p Values refer to the statistical significance of the difference across the different study subgroups.
AF, atrial fibrillation; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HR, heart rate; SBP, systolic blood pressure.