Table 1.
Patient characteristics (n = 1293)
| Age (65 and older) | 738 (57.1) |
| Gender (female) | 455 (35.2) |
| Race | |
| Asian | 59 (4.6) |
| Black or African American | 68 (5.3) |
| Not reported | 303 (23.4) |
| Other racea | 113 (8.7) |
| White | 750 (58.0) |
| Ethnicity (Hispanic/Latino) | 55 (4.3) |
| Living in socially deprived neighbourhoodb | 278 (21.5) |
| Prescribed antiarrhythmic medication | 577 (44.6) |
| Prescribed rate control medication | 981 (75.9) |
| Prescribed anticoagulant medication | 921 (71.2) |
| Alcohol use history | 710 (54.9) |
| Smoking history | 324 (25.1) |
| CHA2DS2-VASC score ≥2c | 983 (76.0) |
| Comorbid heart failure | 575 (44.5) |
The values are given as n (%).
aIncludes a small number of American Indian or Alaska Nation (n = 2) and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander (n = 3).
bMeasured using social deprivation index (SDI) which is a composite measure used to quantify the socioeconomic variation in health outcomes. The patient’s zip code was used to correlate to an area-level deprivation calculated based on seven demographic characteristics collected in the American Community Survey. An SDI score above 90 is considered a socially deprived area.17
cCHA2DS2-VASC is a measure of stroke risk in AF. A score ≥2 is considered a moderate-to-high stroke risk and an indication to start anticoagulation.14