Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) performing vs. patients declining photoplethysmography (PPG) rhythm telemonitoring.

	No PPG monitoring (n = 263)	PPG monitoring (n = 119)	P
Age (years)	62 ± 10	58 ± 10	0.001
Females	34%	33%	0.9
CHA2DS2-VASc	2 (0–9)	1 (0–6)	0.03
AF type
–Paroxysmal	67%	62%	0.28
–Persistent	30%	37%
–Longstanding persistent	6%	1%
Typical atrial flutter (%)	30%	32%	0.64
Prior ablations	0 (0–3)	0 (0–3)	0.34

Bold values denote significance level P < 0.01.