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Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2012 Mar 27;163(5):804–811. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.02.008

Table 3.

Multivariate factors associated with warfarin use at discharge in patients with heart failure and atrial fibrillation

Variable	OR	95% CI	Chi-Square	P Value
Age (per 10 yr increase)	0.78	0.71–0.86	25.0	<0.0001
CAD^*	0.81	0.68–0.97	5.3	0.0212
Stroke^*	1.41	1.13–1.75	9.2	0.0025
ICD^*	1.64	1.07–2.53	5.1	0.0237
Pacemaker^*	1.47	1.12–1.93	7.8	0.0053
Creatinine (per 0.1 unit increase)^†	0.98	0.97–1.00	7.0	0.0083

Past history.

^†

From admission blood test.

CAD indicates coronary artery disease; CI, confidence interval; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator; OR, odds ratio.