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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2009 Dec 1;104(11):1551–1555. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.07.026

Table 2. Association of Kidney Function with Atrial Fibrillation in Outpatients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease.

Variable Tertile I
(Reference)
Tertile II
OR (95% CI)
Tertile III
OR (95% CI)
P-Value for
Trend
eGFRCys*
Range (ml/min/1.73m2) > 79 6279 < 62
 Unadjusted -- 1.59 (0.50–5.07) 6.43 (2.45–16.87) <0.001
 Age, sex, race adjusted -- 1.11 (0.34–3.61) 3.72 (1.34–10.34) 0.01
 Fully adjusted** -- 1.00 (0.29–3.45) 3.43 (1.18–9.97) 0.02
 Fully adjusted + ACR -- 1.21 (0.32–4.56) 3.37 (1.02–11.14) 0.05
eGFRCr*
Range (ml/min/1.73m2) > 85 6685 <66
 Unadjusted -- 1.26 (0.49–3.23) 2.89 (1.27–6.59) 0.01
 Age, sex, race adjusted -- 0.83 (0.21–2.20) 1.60 (0.67–3.84) 0.28
 Fully adjusted** -- 0.85 (0.30–2.41) 1.69 (0.67–4.27) 0.27
 Fully adjusted + ACR -- 1.00 (0.33–3.01) 1.59 (0.57–4.40) 0.37
Urinary ACR*
Range (mg/g) <7 715 >15
 Unadjusted -- 2.27 (0.78–6.63) 3.88 (1.42–10.61) 0.01
 Age, sex, race adjusted -- 2.14 (0.72–6.34) 4.09 (1.46–11.5) 0.01
 Fully adjusted** -- 2.43 (0.79–7.42) 4.89 (1.67–14.32) 0.004
 Fully adjusted + eGFRcys -- 2.40 (0.78–7.41) 4.36 (1.45–13.05) 0.01
 Fully adjusted + eGFRCr -- 2.55 (0.83–7.83) 4.61 (1.56–13.66) 0.01
*

eGFRCys = estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum cystatin C; eGFRCr = estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum creatinine; ACR = albumin to creatinine ratio

**

Adjusted for age, age2, sex, race (white/non-white), body mass index, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, history of hypertension, and left ventricular ejection fraction.