Table 3. Mixed model controlling for LARF.

Models			LAEF				LAmax				LAmin				LAD				LVEF
Variable	Variable		Est	SE	P		Est	SE	P		Est	SE	P		Est	SE	P		Est	SE	P
AIC: Akaike Information Criterion; Est: estimate; LAD: left atrial dimension; LAEF: left atrial emptying fraction; LARF: left atrial linear ablation; LAVmax: maximal left atrial volume; LAVmin: minimal left atrial volume; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; SE: standard error.
Intercept	−	−	51.049	0.814	< 0.001		39.469	0.261	< 0.001		32.080	0.367	< 0.001		39.823	0.427	< 0.001		67.570	0.566	< 0.001
LARF*month	No	0			0.004				0.136				0.040				0.049				0.023
		1	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		3	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		6	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		12	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		18	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		24	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		30	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		36	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
	Yes	0	0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000				0.000
		1	−0.770	0.737	0.296		−0.099	0.157	0.527		0.193	0.223	0.385		−0.249	0.299	0.406		0.530	0.646	0.413
		3	1.055	0.900	0.242		−0.067	0.192	0.727		−0.147	0.285	0.606		−0.349	0.338	0.302		1.513	0.743	0.042
		6	2.153	0.924	0.020		−0.450	0.212	0.034		−0.688	0.312	0.028		−0.936	0.348	0.007		1.865	0.701	0.008
		12	1.709	0.970	0.079		−0.373	0.206	0.071		−0.566	0.314	0.072		−0.965	0.369	0.009		1.365	0.743	0.067
		18	1.369	1.031	0.185		−0.442	0.215	0.040		−0.534	0.329	0.105		−0.925	0.348	0.008		2.653	0.747	< 0.001
		24	2.258	1.033	0.029		−0.566	0.233	0.016		−0.865	0.355	0.015		−1.002	0.393	0.011		1.140	0.762	0.136
		30	2.917	1.087	0.008		−0.332	0.251	0.187		−0.824	0.362	0.023		−0.797	0.421	0.059		2.658	0.931	0.005
		36	1.597	1.055	0.131		−0.490	0.229	0.033		−0.669	0.356	0.061		−1.078	0.364	0.003		1.820	0.778	0.020
AIC			20805.5				11633.2				13934.0				15592.2				18989.1