Table 4.
Quality of Life
| EQ‐VAS | EQ‐5D | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAF | LSPAF | P Value | PAF | LSPAF | P Value | |
| Baseline | 66.4±14.2 | 61.0±14.2 | 0.0005 | 71.4±9.2 | 67.7±13.8 | 0.002 |
| 1 year | 69.0±13.9 | 65.8±14.6 | 0.04 | 74.2±11.3 | 73.1±15.0 | 0.40 |
| 2 years | 73.1±15.0 | 70.5±14.5 | 0.11 | 77.7±14.8 | 75.9±15.2 | 0.26 |
| 3 years | 71.4±16.4 | 71.1±14.2 | 0.86 | 77.2±15.4 | 77.1±14.0 | 0.95 |
Data shown as mean±SD. 5D indicates 5‐dimensional descriptive system; LSPAF, long‐standing persistent atrial fibrillation; PAF, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation; VAS, visual analog scale.
P=P‐value of t test for independent samples (PAF vs LSPAF).