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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2010 Jun;159(6):1102–1107. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.03.027

Table 3.

Unadjusted and demographic adjusted associations with atrial fibrillation in logistic regression analysis

Model 1: Unadjusted Model 2: demographic adjusted
Odds Ratio (95% CI)* P-value Odds Ratio (95% CI)** P-value
Age (years)*** 1.03 (1.02– 1.04) <.0001 1.46 (1.32– 1.62) <.0001
Female sex 0.98 (0.82– 1.16) 0.7805 0.90 (0.75– 1.09) 0.2875
Race (Non-Hispanic black vs. Non-Hispanic white) 1.24 (1.04– 1.49) 0.0157 1.25 (1.03– 1.52) 0.0228
Education (Reference: post high school education) 0.0452
 Less than high school graduate 1.40 (1.09– 1.80) 0.0086 1.13 (0.86– 1.47)
 High school graduate 0.86 (0.67– 1.12) 0.2673 0.78 (0.60– 1.01)
 College graduate 0.80 (0.61– 1.04) 0.0990 0.85 (0.65– 1.13)
 Post graduate degree 0.69 (0.51– 0.93) 0.0162 0.73 (0.53– 1.00)
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)*** 1.00 (0.99– 1.00) 0.0006 0.85 (0.77– 0.94) 0.0014
Uric acid (mg/dl)*** 1.04 (1.00– 1.09) 0.0716 1.01 (0.92– 1.11) 0.8366
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ml/min/1.73 m2 (eGFR<45 vs >= 45) 1.35 (1.13– 1.62) 0.0010 1.12 (0.92– 1.35) 0.2710
High sensitivity C-reactive protein (mg/dL)*** 1.00 (1.00– 1.01) 0.2751 1.02 (0.94– 1.12) 0.5922
Body mass index (kg/m^2)*** 1.01 (1.00– 1.02) 0.0398 1.09 (1.00– 1.20) 0.0599
Physical activity: Total MET/hours/week*** 1.00 (1.00– 1.00) <.0001 0.85 (0.76– 0.95) 0.0056
Smoking status (Reference Never) 0.0001
 Current 1.38 (1.04– 1.82) 0.0237 1.30 (0.98– 1.73)
 Former 1.78 (1.46– 2.16) <.0001 1.56 (1.27– 1.91)
Alcohol use (drinker vs. nondrinkers) 0.75 (0.62– 0.90) 0.0022 0.87 (0.71– 1.06) 0.1678
Hypertension 1.18 (0.91– 1.54) 0.2201 0.83 (0.63– 1.11) 0.2036
Diabetes 1.25 (1.05– 1.49) 0.0139 1.11 (0.92– 1.33) 0.2828
Congestive heart failure 5.63 (4.43– 7.14) <.0001 5.20 (4.06– 6.67) <.0001
Any cardiovascular disease 3.48 (2.90– 4.17) <.0001 3.06 (2.53– 3.71) <.0001
*

Odds ratios represent unadjusted association of individual variables in the first column with AF

**

Odds ratios represent age, sex, race/ethnicity and clinical center adjusted associations of the individual variables in the first column with AF each variable

***

Odds ratios for continuous variables are for 1-SD increase