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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2008 Aug 28;21(10):1111–1116. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2008.248

Table 2.

Odds ratios of incident transitory, persistent/intermittent and sustained AF associated with achieved systolic/diastolic blood pressure

Controls Transitory
AF		 Persistent/
Intermittent AF		 Sustained
AF		 p-value for
heterogeneity
of odds ratios
Average achieved systolic blood
pressure, per 14 mm Hg a
 n 838 159 173 70
 Odds Ratio, vs. controls 1.24 1.39 1.39 < 0.01
 (95% CI) c (1.02, 1.50) (1.16, 1.67) (1.07, 1.80)
Average achieved diastolic blood
pressure, per 9 mm Hg b
 n 845 156 173 66
 Odds Ratio, vs. controls 1.00 1.14 1.40 0.10
 (95% CI) c (0.81, 1.22) (0.94, 1.38) (1.04, 1.87)
a

Restricted to patients with average achieved systolic blood pressure ≥ 120 mm Hg

b

Restricted to patients with average achieved diastolic blood pressure ≥ 65 mm Hg

c

Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, and index year