Table 2.

Risk Factors for Developing Recurrent Atrial Fibrillation

Risk Factor	Variable	Adjusted Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Age	For every 10 years	1.05 (0.64,1.45)	0.20
Gender	Male vs. Female	1.13 (0.23,2.23)	0.87
Pulmonary vein isolation*	Incomplete vs. Complete	1.4 (0.89, 1.96)	0.14
Hypertension†	Hypertensive vs. Normotensive	2.9 (2.6,3.1)	0.003
Hyperlipidemia‡		0.95 (0.34,1.83)	0.80

^*Pulmonary vein isolation: Complete = isolation of all 4 pulmonary veins, Incomplete = isolation of all but the right lower pulmonary vein;

^†BP>140/90 on more than 2 clinic visit or taking antihypertensive medications;

^‡treatment with statins or fibrates