Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| CHADS2 Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Variable | 0 (n =102) (5.9%) | 1 (n =168) (26.1%) | 2 (n =195) (30.3%) | 3 (n =128) (19.9%) | 4 (n =36) (5.6%) | 5 or 6 (n =14) (2.1%) | Total (n =643) |
| Male | 73 (71.6%) | 119 (70.8%) | 121 (62.1%) | 82 (64.1%) | 22 (61.1%) | 10 (71.4%) | 427 (66.4%) |
| Age (years) | 54.4±11.9 | 62.1±11.7 | 70.3±12.3 | 73.7±10.7 | 77.6±10.2 | 79.1±9.1 | 66.9±13.7 |
| Age ≥ 75 years | 0 (0.0%) | 16 (9.5%) | 75 (38.5%) | 74 (57.8%) | 29 (80.6%) | 12 (87.5%) | 206 (32%) |
| Hypertension | 0 (0.0%) | 88 (52.4%) | 155 (79.5%) | 122 (95.3%) | 34 (94.4%) | 14 (100%) | 413 (64%) |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 0 (0.0%) | 11 (6.5%) | 55 (28.2%) | 67 (52.3%) | 29 (80.1%) | 4 (28.6%) | 166 (26%) |
| Heart Failure | 0 (0.0%) | 47 (28%) | 96 (49.2%) | 111 (86.7%) | 32 (88.9%) | 12(85.7%) | 298 (46%) |
| CHFor LVEF < 50% | 0 (0.0%) | 53 (31.5%) | 103 (52.8%) | 115 (89.8%) | 32 (88.9%) | 13 (92.9%) | 316 (49.1%) |
| LVEF < 50% | 0 (0.0%) | 38 (22.6%) | 56 (28.7%) | 62 (48.4%) | 16 (44.4%) | 9 (64.3%) | 181 (28%) |
| Previous CVA/TIA | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.5%) | 3 (2.3%) | 10 (27.8%) | 14 (100%) | 28 (4.4%) |
CHF = congestive heart failure; CVA/TIA = cerebral vascular accident or transient ischemic attack; LVEF = left ventricular ejection fraction.