Characteristics | No AF | Incident AF | P value* |
Participants with available daytime ABPM | n=3813 | n=143 | |
Duration of follow-up (years) | 14.0 (10.9 to 19.1) | 12.0 (7.3 to 16.1) | |
Clinical features | |||
Female, n (%) | 1989 (52.2) | 61 (42.7) | 0.026 |
Age (years) | 42.5±14.9 | 59.2±11.3 | <0.0001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.5±4.5 | 28.1±4.8 | <0.0001 |
Questionnaire data | |||
Tobacco use, n (%) | 1065 (27.9) | 28 (19.6) | 0.027 |
Alcohol intake ≥5 g/day, n (%) | 1079 (28.3) | 29 (20.3) | 0.036 |
Antihypertensive treatment, n (%) | 552 (14.5) | 48 (33.6) | <0.0001 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 114 (3.0) | 10 (7.0) | 0.0070 |
History of CV diseases, n (%) | 287 (7.5) | 33 (23.1) | <0.0001 |
Biochemical data | |||
Serum total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.32±1.12 | 5.76±1.23 | 0.0005 |
Participants with complete 24-hour ABPM | n=2665 | n=111 | |
Duration of follow-up (years) | 13.5 (9.2 to 22.7) | 13.0 (7.3 to 17.1) | |
Clinical features | |||
Female, n (%) | 1399 (52.5) | 48 (43.2) | 0.056 |
Age (years) | 43.1±15.0 | 59.0±10.4 | <0.0001 |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.6±4.5 | 28.0±4.9 | <0.0001 |
Questionnaire data | |||
Tobacco use, n (%) | 747 (28.0) | 22 (19.8) | 0.058 |
Alcohol intake ≥5 g/day, n (%) | 736 (27.6) | 22 (19.8) | 0.071 |
Antihypertensive treatment, n (%) | 414 (15.5) | 38 (34.2) | <0.0001 |
Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 89 (3.3) | 7 (6.3) | 0.094 |
History of CV diseases, n (%) | 233 (8.7) | 27 (24.3) | <0.0001 |
Biochemical data | |||
Serum total cholesterol (mmol/litre) | 5.34±1.15 | 5.85±1.16 | <0.0001 |
Values are arithmetic mean±SD or number of subjects (%) or median (IQR). P values are for differences between two groups.
ABPM, ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; AF, atrial fibrillation; CV, cardiovascular.