Relationship of inflammatory indices with left atrial appendage thrombus or spontaneous echo contrast in patients with atrial fibrillation

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of patients with or without left atrial appendage thrombus/dense spontaneous echo contrast

Variable	Study group	Control group	P value
n	53	353	-
Age, years	69.0 ± 9.5	69.4 ± 8.7	0.731
Male	34 (64.2)	224 (63.5)	0.922
Body mass index, kg/m2	24.3 ± 3.5	24.4 ± 3.4	0.943
Paroxysmal AF	8 (15.1)	122 (34.6)	0.005
Hypertension	38 (71.7)	233 (66.0)	0.412
Diabetes mellitus	4 (7.5)	66 (18.7)	0.045
Congestive heart failure	9 (17.0)	43 (12.2)	0.330
Coronary heart disease	5 (9.4)	31 (8.8)	0.799
Prior TIA/stroke	34 (64.2)	256 (72.5)	0.208
CHA2DS2-VASc score	4.4 ± 1.7	4.6 ± 1.5	0.273
LA diameter, mm	47.6 ± 6.6	44.5 ± 7.4	0.004
LVEF, %	60.8 ±6.3	62.0 ± 6.7	0.231
LAA orifice diameter, mm	24.8 ± 4.4	24.7 ± 5.0	0.876
LAA depth, mm	30.5 ± 4.9	29.3 ± 5.8	0.151
Uric acid, μmol/L	374.1 ± 95.4	350.4 ± 91.2	0.081
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2	84.0 ± 24.7	85.2 ± 23.5	0.735

AF: Atrial fibrillation; TIA: Transient ischemic attack; OAC: Oral anticoagulation; LA: Left atrium; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; LAA: Left atrial appendage; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtration rate.