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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participates

From: Association of healthy lifestyle and the incidence of atrial fibrillation in senior adults: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Total

Non-AF group (N = 3,177)

AF group (N = 76)

P

Age, years, mean (SD)

69.73 (6.16)

69.69 (6.12)

71.54 (7.41)

0.042*

PM2.5, median (INQ)

46.31 (0.69)

46.31 (0.69)

46.40 (0.55)

0.372*

Greenness, median (INQ)

0.34 (0.02)

0.33 (0.02)

0.35 (0.02)

< 0.001*

Waist-hip ratio, mean (SD)

0.91 (0.07)

0.91 (0.07)

0.91 (0.06)

0.894*

Dietary quality score, mean (SD)

35.41 (5.05)

35.40 (5.02)

35.93 (6.02)

0.215*

CES-D score, mean (SD)

2.45 (3.51)

2.44 (3.51)

2.99 (3.63)

0.182*

SAS index, mean (SD)

30.17 (2.53)

30.18 (2.53)

30.05 (2.22)

0.676*

LTPA, MET-h/week, median (INQ)

36.75 (38.38)

36.75 (38.78)

25.25 (36.13)

0.011*

Sex, N (%)

   

< 0.001†

 Male

1199 (36.86)

1156 (36.39)

43 (56.58)

 

 Female

2054 (63.14)

2021 (63.61)

33 (43.42)

 

Marital status, N (%)

   

0.212†

 Married

2505 (77.01)

2451 (77.15)

54 (71.05)

 

 Others

748 (22.99)

726 (22.85)

22 (28.95)

 

Education, N (%)

   

0.036‡

 Primary school or lower

1929 (59.30)

1891 (59.52)

39 (50.00)

 

 Junior high school

518 (15.92)

508 (15.99)

10 (13.16)

 

 Senior high school

497 (15.28)

483 (15.20)

14 (18.42)

 

 College or above

309 (9.50)

295 (9.29)

14 (18.42)

 

Active smoking, N (%)

   

0.170†

 No

288(40.17)

277(39.74)

11(55.00)

 

 Yes

429(59.83)

420(60.26)

9(45.00)

 

Passive smoking, N (%)

   

0.884†

 No

2123(65.26)

2074(65.28)

49(64.47)

 

 Yes

1130(34.74)

1103(34.72)

27(35.53)

 

Alcohol drinking, N (%)

   

0.923†

 Never or former drinking

570(17.52)

557(17.53)

13(17.11)

 

 Occasional or frequent drinking

2683(82.48)

2620(82.47)

63(82.89)

 

Hypertension, N (%)

   

0.551†

 No

1817 (55.86)

1772 (55.78)

45 (59.21)

 

 Yes

1436 (44.14)

1405 (44.22)

31 (40.79)

 

Diabetes, N (%)

   

0.413†

 No

2801 (86.11)

2738 (86.18)

63 (82.89)

 

 Yes

452 (13.89)

439 (13.82)

13 (17.11)

 

Dyslipidemia, N (%)

   

0.504†

 No

2419 (74.36)

2365 (74.44)

54 (71.05)

 

 Yes

834 (25.64)

812 (25.56)

22 (28.95)

 

Myocardial infarction, N (%)

   

0.185§

 No

3142 (96.59)

3071 (96.66)

71 (93.42)

 

 Yes

111 (3.41)

106 (3.34)

5 (6.58)

 

Heart failure, N (%)

   

0.214§

 No

3216 (98.86)

3142 (98.90)

74 (97.37)

 

 Yes

37 (1.14)

35 (1.10)

2 (0.9)

 

OSA, N (%)

   

0.217†

 No

2552 (78.45)

2488 (78.31)

64 (84.21)

 

 Yes

701 (21.55)

689 (21.69)

12 (15.79)

 
  1. Abbreviation: LTPA, Leisure-time physical activity; OSA, Obstructive sleep apnea; PM2.5; INQ, interquartile
  2. * P value for a t-test or Mann-Whitney U test
  3. †P for chi-square test
  4. ‡P for chi-square test for trend
  5. §P for Fisher’s exact test