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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2014 Nov 20;8(1):49–58. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.114.002292

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of adults with atrial fibrillation between January 2006 – June 2009 with no known heart failure or prior digoxin use, overall and stratified by new digoxin use during follow-up, in the full cohort and the age, gender and high-dimensional propensity score-matched cohort.

Full Digoxin Cohort Age, Gender, and High-dimensional Propensity Score
Matched Cohort (1:3)

Characteristic Overall
(N=27,288)
Digoxin Users
(N=4858)
Non-users
(N=22,430)
P value Overall
(N=14,787)
Digoxin Users
(N=4231)
Matched
Non-users
(N=10,556)
P value
Age, year, mean (SD) 70.7 (12.9) 71.9 (11.9) 70.5 (13.1) <0.001 71.7 (11.3) 72.1 (11.4) 71.6 (11.2) 0.01
Gender, N (%)
 Men 15,191 (55.7) 2441 (50.2) 12,750 (56.8) <0.001 7714 (52.2) 2164 (51.1) 5550 (52.6) 0.12
 Women 12,097 (44.3) 2417 (49.8) 9680 (43.2) <0.001 7073 (47.8) 2067 (48.9) 5006 (47.4) 0.12
Race, N (%) <0.001 0.43
 White 20,969 (76.8) 3932 (80.9) 17,037 (76.0) 11,790 (79.7) 3399 (80.3) 8391 (79.5)
 Black 1582 (5.8) 297 (6.1) 1285 (5.7) 858 (5.8) 249 (5.9) 609 (5.8)
 Native American 58 (0.2) 12 (0.2) 46 (0.2) 36 (0.2) 11 (0.3) 25 (0.2)
 Asian 2043 (7.5) 257 (5.3) 1786 (8.0) 891 (6.0) 233 (5.5) 658 (6.2)
 Other/unknown 2636 (9.7) 360 (7.4) 2276 (10.1) 1212 (8.2) 339 (8.0) 873 (8.3)
 Hispanic ethnicity, N (%) 3197 (11.7) 507 (10.4) 2690 (12.0) 0.002 1550 (10.5) 445 (10.5) 1105 (10.5) 0.93
Socioeconomic status, N (%)
 Low annual household income 3514 (12.9) 722 (14.9) 2792 (12.4) <0.001 1925 (13.0) 610 (14.4) 1315 (12.5) 0.001
 Low educational attainment 5778 (21.2) 1110 (22.8) 4668 (20.8) 0.002 3111 (21.0) 937 (22.1) 2174 (20.6) 0.04
Cardiovascular disease, N (%)
 Acute myocardial infarction 999 (3.7) 125 (2.6) 874 (3.9) <0.001 454 (3.1) 110 (2.6) 344 (3.3) 0.04
 Unstable angina 613 (2.2) 85 (1.7) 528 (2.4) 0.010 279 (1.9) 74 (1.7) 205 (1.9) 0.44
 Ischemic stroke 1037 (3.8) 155 (3.2) 882 (3.9) 0.01 508 (3.4) 142 (3.4) 366 (3.5) 0.74
 Transient ischemic attack 728 (2.7) 116 (2.4) 612 (2.7) 0.18 369 (2.5) 100 (2.4) 269 (2.5) 0.51
 Intracranial hemorrhage 141 (0.5) 20 (0.4) 121 (0.5) 0.26 66 (0.4) 17 (0.4) 49 (0.5) 0.61
 Peripheral arterial disease 949 (3.5) 160 (3.3) 789 (3.5) 0.44 433 (2.9) 141 (3.3) 292 (2.8) 0.06
 Valvular heart disease 328 (1.2) 43 (0.9) 285 (1.3) 0.03 134 (0.9) 35 (0.8) 99 (0.9) 0.52
Ventricular arrhythmias, N (%)
 Ventricular tachycardia 87 (0.3) 11 (0.2) 76 (0.3) 0.21 43 (0.3) 11 (0.3) 32 (0.3) 0.66
 Ventricular fibrillation 6 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 6 (0.0) 0.25 4 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 4 (0.0) 0.21
Cardiovascular procedure history, N (%)
 Percutaneous coronary intervention 1175 (4.3) 150 (3.1) 1025 (4.6) <0.001 527 (3.6) 138 (3.3) 389 (3.7) 0.21
 Coronary artery bypass surgery 825 (3.0) 81 (1.7) 744 (3.3) <0.001 316 (2.1) 75 (1.8) 241 (2.3) 0.05
Other cardiovascular risk factors, N (%)
 Hypertension 21,163 (77.6) 3707 (76.3) 17,456 (77.8) 0.02 11,573 (78.3) 3260 (77.1) 8313 (78.8) 0.02
 Diabetes mellitus 6498 (23.8) 1116 (23.0) 5382 (24.0) 0.13 3416 (23.1) 974 (23.0) 2442 (23.1) 0.88
 Dyslipidemia 15,112 (55.4) 2517 (51.8) 12,595 (56.2) <0.001 8006 (54.1) 2249 (53.2) 5757 (54.5) 0.13
Other coexisting medical illnesses, N (%)
 Dementia 1470 (5.4) 248 (5.1) 1222 (5.4) 0.34 721 (4.9) 209 (4.9) 512 (4.9) 0.82
 Depression 4757 (17.4) 860 (17.7) 3897 (17.4) 0.58 2626 (17.8) 744 (17.6) 1882 (17.8) 0.73
 Thyroid disease 4196 (15.4) 765 (15.7) 3431 (15.3) 0.43 2368 (16.0) 671 (15.9) 1697 (16.1) 0.75
 Gastrointestinal bleeding 596 (2.2) 96 (2.0) 500 (2.2) 0.27 284 (1.9) 82 (1.9) 202 (1.9) 0.92
 Other bleeding 95 (0.3) 25 (0.5) 70 (0.3) 0.03 55 (0.4) 24 (0.6) 31 (0.3) 0.01
 Cancer 1761 (6.5) 371 (7.6) 1390 (6.2) <0.001 947 (6.4) 312 (7.4) 635 (6.0) 0.002
 Lung disease 6162 (22.6) 1253 (25.8) 4909 (21.9) <0.001 3322 (22.5) 1036 (24.5) 2286 (21.7) <0.001
 Liver disease 618 (2.3) 95 (2.0) 523 (2.3) 0.11 304 (2.1) 83 (2.0) 221 (2.1) 0.61
Medications, N (%)
 Warfarin 9363 (34.3) 1517 (31.2) 7846 (35.0) <0.001 4989 (33.7) 1420 (33.6) 3569 (33.8) 0.77
 Alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist 3821 (14.0) 615 (12.7) 3206 (14.3) 0.003 1941 (13.1) 555 (13.1) 1386 (13.1) 0.98
 Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor 9873 (36.2) 1628 (33.5) 8245 (36.8) <0.001 5288 (35.8) 1442 (34.1) 3846 (36.4) 0.007
 Angiotensin receptor blocker 2465 (9.0) 402 (8.3) 2063 (9.2) 0.04 1313 (8.9) 364 (8.6) 949 (9.0) 0.45
 Diuretic 10,399 (38.1) 1793 (36.9) 8606 (38.4) 0.06 5683 (38.4) 1576 (37.2) 4107 (38.9) 0.06
 Beta-blocker 15,926 (58.4) 2557 (52.6) 13,369 (59.6) <0.001 8497 (57.5) 2351 (55.6) 6146 (58.2) 0.003
 Aldosterone receptor antagonist 345 (1.3) 58 (1.2) 287 (1.3) 0.63 186 (1.3) 49 (1.2) 137 (1.3) 0.49
 Calcium channel blocker 7920 (29.0) 1369 (28.2) 6551 (29.2) 0.15 4194 (28.4) 1224 (28.9) 2970 (28.1) 0.33
 Nitrates 2326 (8.5) 346 (7.1) 1980 (8.8) <0.001 1136 (7.7) 304 (7.2) 832 (7.9) 0.15
 Hydralazine 504 (1.8) 76 (1.6) 428 (1.9) 0.11 237 (1.6) 67 (1.6) 170 (1.6) 0.91
 Statin 12,173 (44.6) 1960 (40.3) 10,213 (45.5) <0.001 6385 (43.2) 1767 (41.8) 4618 (43.7) 0.03
 Other lipid lowering agent 1185 (4.3) 176 (3.6) 1009 (4.5) 0.007 619 (4.2) 164 (3.9) 455 (4.3) 0.23
 Antiplatelet agent 2018 (7.4) 283 (5.8) 1735 (7.7) <0.001 960 (6.5) 260 (6.1) 700 (6.6) 0.28
 Diabetes medications 4183 (15.3) 692 (14.2) 3491 (15.6) 0.02 2127 (14.4) 606 (14.3) 1521 (14.4) 0.89
Baseline CHADS2 score, mean (SD) 1.56 (1.04) 1.55 (1.00) 1.56 (1.05) 0.59 1.56 (1.01) 1.56 (1.00) 1.56 (1.02) 0.89
Body mass index, kg/m2, N (%) <0.001 <0.001
 <25 5959 (21.8) 1012 (20.8) 4947 (22.1) 2865 (19.4) 908 (21.5) 1957 (18.5)
 25–29 7077 (25.9) 1179 (24.3) 5898 (26.3) 3421 (23.1) 1065 (25.2) 2356 (22.3)
 30–39 5783 (21.2) 1008 (20.7) 4775 (21.3) 2846 (19.2) 900 (21.3) 1946 (18.4)
 >=40 1197 (4.4) 245 (5.0) 952 (4.2) 577 (3.9) 215 (5.1) 362 (3.4)
 Missing 7272 (26.6) 1414 (29.1) 5858 (26.1) 5078 (34.3) 1143 (27.0) 3935 (37.3)
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, N (%) <0.001 <0.001
 < 120 6926 (25.4) 1434 (29.5) 5492 (24.5) 3345 (22.6) 1285 (30.4) 2060 (19.5)
 120–129 4886 (17.9) 764 (15.7) 4122 (18.4) 2281 (15.4) 704 (16.6) 1577 (14.9)
 130–139 4704 (17.2) 724 (14.9) 3980 (17.7) 2350 (15.9) 635 (15.0) 1715 (16.2)
 >=140 4266 (15.6) 648 (13.3) 3618 (16.1) 2208 (14.9) 569 (13.4) 1639 (15.5)
 Missing 6506 (23.8) 1288 (26.5) 5218 (23.3) 4603 (31.1) 1038 (24.5) 3565 (33.8)
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg, N (%) <0.001 <0.001
 < 80 14,687 (53.8) 2404 (49.5) 12,283 (54.8) 7016 (47.4) 2167 (51.2) 4849 (45.9)
 80–84 2912 (10.7) 510 (10.5) 2402 (10.7) 1502 (10.2) 453 (10.7) 1049 (9.9)
 85–89 1480 (5.4) 274 (5.6) 1206 (5.4) 749 (5.1) 248 (5.9) 501 (4.7)
 >=90 1703 (6.2) 383 (7.9) 1320 (5.9) 918 (6.2) 326 (7.7) 592 (5.6)
 Missing 6506 (23.8) 1287 (26.5) 5219 (23.3) 4602 (31.1) 1037 (24.5) 3565 (33.8)
Baseline laboratory results
Estimated glomerular filtration rate category, ml/min/1.73 m2, N (%) <0.001 0.001
 90–150 3305 (12.1) 521 (10.7) 2784 (12.4) 1296 (8.8) 431 (10.2) 865 (8.2)
 60–89 11,819 (43.3) 2156 (44.4) 9663 (43.1) 6568 (44.4) 1881 (44.5) 4687 (44.4)
 45–59 6031 (22.1) 1129 (23.2) 4902 (21.9) 3552 (24.0) 1000 (23.6) 2552 (24.2)
 30–44 2686 (9.8) 511 (10.5) 2175 (9.7) 1486 (10.0) 428 (10.1) 1058 (10.0)
 <30 817 (3.0) 125 (2.6) 692 (3.1) 412 (2.8) 111 (2.6) 301 (2.9)
 Missing 2630 (9.6) 416 (8.6) 2214 (9.9) 1473 (10.0) 380 (9.0) 1093 (10.4)