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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Impact of atrial fibrillation on the cognitive decline in Alzheimer’s disease

 

Total

AF

SR

p

n

170

14

156

 

m/f

65/105

5/9

60/96

0.8394

AD/aMCI (n, AD%)

115/55 (67.6%)

13/1 (92.9%)

102/54 (65.4%)

0.0382

MMSE-J score (ave. ± SD)

21.8 ± 4.3

22.0 ± 4.4

19.4 ± 3.1

0.0347

Age (ave. ± SD, y.o.)

79.5 ± 7.4

81.6 ± 4.1

79.3 ± 7.6

0.2575

Hypertension (%)

65.9

71.4

65.4

0.6477

Dyslipidemia (%)

37.7

28.6

38.5

0.4644

Diabetes mellitus (%)

25.9

50.0

23.7

0.0315

Dysthyroidism (%)

4.7

0.0

5.2

0.3838

CTR (ave. ± SD, %)

50.7 ± 5.8

57.6 ± 5.9

50.0 ± 5.6

0.0347

Systolic BP (ave. ± SD, mmHg)

139.3 ± 22.1

146.6 ± 35.5

137.1 ± 21.6

0.1384

Diastolic BP (ave. ± SD, mmHg)

74.0 ± 13.2

74.9 ± 18.8

73.2 ± 12.8

0.6361

eGFR (ave. ± SD, ml/min/1.73 m2)

68.4 ± 19.7

65.4 ± 17.8

68.3 ± 20.0

0.5965

Hemoglobin (ave. ± SD, mg/dL)

12.8 ± 1.8

13.3 ± 1.5

12.8 ± 1.8

0.3171

WBC (ave. ± SD, /μL)

5918 ± 1517.2

6079 ± 1911.6

5801 ± 1541.4

0.5284

CRP (ave. ± SD, mg/dL)

0.181 ± 0.409

0.229 ± 0.388

0.175 ± 0.407

0.6453

Homocysteine (ave. ± SD, mg/dL)

14.1 ± 10.0

13.4 ± 5.8

14.1 ± 10.5

0.8092

Vitamin B12 (ave. ± SD, mg/dL)

620.1 ± 810.4

785.2 ± 695.9

605.6 ± 806.5

0.4380

Folic acid (ave. ± SD, mg/dL)

9.8 ± 5.3

10.3 ± 6.2

9.7 ± 5.1

0.6952

  1. AD Alzheimer’s disease, aMCI amnestic mild cognitive impairment, ave. average, SD standard deviation, y.o. years old, MMSE-J Japanese version of Mini-Mental State Examination, CTR cardio-thoracic ratio, BP blood pressure, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, WBC white blood cell, CRP C-reactive protein