. 2014 Feb 7;8:167–177. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S56187

Table 1.

Patient demographics

	Warfarin users (n=204)		Dabigatran users (n=160)		P-value
	%	n	%	n	P-value
Sex
Male	73^a	149	63^a	101	0.043
Health insurance
Yes	96	195	98	156	0.329
Education
High school graduate or equivalent (eg, GED)	16	32	13	21	0.028
College graduate (eg, BA, AB, BS)	20	41	23	37
Completed graduate school (eg, MS, MD, PhD)	16	33	23	37
Declined to answer	0^a	0	0.6^a	1
Ethnicity
African American	3	7	4	6	0.167
American Indian	1^a	2	0^a	0
Asian	3^a	5	0^a	0
Hispanic	2	4	4	6
White	91	186	91	146
Multiethnic	0^a	0	0.6^a	1
Declined to answer	0^a	0	0.6^a	1
Marital status
Married	66	135	68	108	0.481
Single, never married	5	11	8	12
Divorced	12	25	11	17
Separated	0.5	1	3	4
Widowed	13	26	10	16
Living with partner	3	6	2	3
BMI level
Under 18.5					<0.001
18.5 to <25	13	27	16	26
25 to <30	30^a	61	49^a	78
≥30	53^a	109	32^a	51
Declined to answer	3	6	3	5
CCI
0	37^a	76	48^a	77	0.037
1 or more	63^a	128	52^a	83
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P-value

Age, years	68	9.12	69	12	<0.001
Years diagnosed with AF	8	8.79	6	7.58	0.008
Number of pills taken daily	7	3.39	5	3.59	<0.001
1	5	2.59	3	2.50	<0.001
2	2	1.70	2	1.70	0.355
3	0.21	0.66	0.19	0.74	0.743
≥4	0.17	1.00	0.06	0.32	0.120
As needed	0.22	0.64	0.19	0.58	0.670

Note:

Values are significantly different at P<0.05 in the two-sided test of equality for column proportions and equality of means.

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; BMI, body mass index; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; SD, standard deviation; GED, General Educational Development; BA, Bachelor of Arts; AB, Artium Baccalaureus; BS, Bachelor of Science; MS, Master of Science; MD, Doctor of Medicine; PhD, Doctor of Philosophy.