Table 1.
Baseline Demographic Characteristics of the Newly Diagnosed Atrial Fibrillation Patients Across the Different Treatment Groups
| Total, % | Treatment strategy
|
P valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate control, % | Rhythm control, % | Nonpharmacotherapy, % | |||
| N | 3094 | 2068 (66.84) | 394 (12.73) | 632 (20.43) | |
| Age group | |||||
| 18–54 | 590 (19.07) | 375 (63.56) | 86 (14.58) | 129 (21.86) | .1456 |
| 55–64 | 910 (29.41) | 550 (60.44) | 125 (13.74) | 235 (25.82) | <.0001 |
| 65–79 | 1026 (33.16) | 700 (68.23) | 129 (12.57) | 197 (19.20) | .4488 |
| ≥80 | 568 (18.36) | 443 (77.99) | 54 (9.51) | 71 (12.50) | <.0001 |
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 1245 (40.24) | 906 (72.77) | 156 (12.53) | 183 (14.70) | <.0001 |
| Male | 1849 (59.76) | 1162 (62.84) | 238 (12.87) | 449 (24.28) | <.0001 |
| Region | |||||
| East | 572 (18.49) | 435 (76.05) | 41 (7.17) | 96 (16.78) | <.0001 |
| Mid-west | 1176 (38.01) | 735 (62.50) | 158 (13.44) | 283 (24.06) | .0001 |
| South | 872 (28.18) | 587 (67.32) | 142 (16.28) | 143 (16.40) | <.0001 |
| West | 474 (15.32) | 311 (65.61) | 53 (11.18) | 110 (23.21) | .1917 |
| Comorbidity | |||||
| Stroke | 135 (4.36) | 101 (74.81) | 19 (14.07) | 15 (11.11) | .0116 |
| Hypertension | 733 (23.69) | 507 (69.17) | 86 (11.73) | 140 (19.10) | .0737 |
| Diabetes | 263 (8.50) | 171 (65.02) | 28 (10.65) | 64 (24.33) | .2838 |
| MI | 426 (13.77) | 270 (63.38) | 54 (12.68) | 102 (23.94) | .2493 |
| CHF | 292 (9.44) | 177 (60.62) | 33 (11.30) | 82 (28.08) | .0062 |
Abbreviations: CHF, congestive heart failure; MI, myocardial infarction.
a
P values from chi-square tests.