Table 1: Basic demographic.

 

All patients

(N = 257)

n (%)

Arrhythmia

(N = 94)

n (%)

Non-arrhythmia

(N = 163)

n (%)

p

Male sex

137 (53.3)

54 (57.4)

83 (50.9)

0.312

Age (years),

mean ± SD

53.49 ± 13.344

52.48 ± 13.936

54.08 ± 12.998

0.355

Duration of

hospitalization

(days),

median [IQR]

12 [9-16]

13 [7-16.5]

11 [9-16]

0.87

BMI (kg/m2),

median [IQR]

23.88

[22.03-26.62]

24.425

[22.108-26.68]

23.74

[21.87-26.57]

0.48

Active smoker

11 (4.3)

5 (5.3)

6 (3.7)

0.537

Ischemic

heart disease

22 (8.6)

12 (12.8)

10 (6.1)

0.067

Heart failure

27 (10.5)

19 (20.2)

8 (4.9)

< 0.001

Previous

arrhythmia

11 (4.3)

10 (10.6)

1 (0.6)

< 0.001

Hypertension

89 (34.6)

44 (46.8)

45 (27.6)

0.002

Diabetes

85 (33.1)

40 (42.6)

45 (27.6)

0.014

Chronic

kidney disease

121 (47.1)

52 (55.3)

69 (42.3)

0.045

Obesity

105 (40.9)

42 (38.4)

63 (66.6)

0.344

COPD

0

0

0

–

Bronchial asthma

3 (1.2)

0

3 (1.8)

0.301

Active cancer

11 (4.3)

1 (1.1)

10 (6.1)

0.06

Stroke or TIA

9 (3.5)

4 (4.3)

5 (3.1)

0.728

Tuberculosis

on treatment

7 (2.7)

6 (6.4)

1 (0.6)

0.011

HIV

4 (1.6)

2 (2.1)

2 (1.2)

0.626

Autoimmune

disease

2 (0.8)

1 (1.1)

1 (0.6)

1

Valvular

heart disease

2 (0.8)

1 (1.1)

1 (0.6)

1

History of PCI

2 (0.8)

0

2 (1.2)

0.534

History of CABG

1 (0.4)

0

1 (0.6)

1

BMI = body mass index.

CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting.

COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

IQR = interquartile range.

PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention.

SD = standard deviation.

TIA = transient ischemic attack.