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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart Rhythm. 2015 Mar 23;12(7):1406–1412. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.03.031

Table 3.

Association between race and sex and receipt of atrial fibrillation–related health services

Unadjusted hazard ratio
Risk-adjusted hazard ratio
Health Services Hazard
ratio
Lower confidence
interval
Upper confidence
interval
P Hazard
ratio
Lower confidence
interval
Upper confidence
interval
P
Visit with an electrophysiologist
    Black vs white 1.04 1.02 1.06 <.001 1.10 1.08 1.13 <.001
    Hispanic vs white 0.90 0.87 0.92 <.001 1.01 0.99 1.04 .36
    Female vs male 0.80 0.79 0.80 <.001 0.92 0.91 0.93 <.001
Visit with a general cardiologist
    Black vs white 0.98 0.96 0.99 <.001 1.00 0.99 1.01 .77
    Hispanic vs white 1.03 1.02 1.04 <.001 1.08 1.07 1.10 <.001
    Female vs male 0.94 0.94 0.95 <.001 0.99 0.98 1.00 .001
Catheter ablation
    Black vs white 0.69 0.63 0.76 <.001 1.01 0.91 1.11 .91
    Hispanic vs white 0.56 0.51 0.63 <.001 0.70 0.63 0.79 <.001
    Female vs male 0.48 0.46 0.50 <.001 0.65 0.63 0.68 <.001
Rate-controlling medication
    Black vs white 0.93 0.92 0.94 <.001 0.96 0.95 0.97 <.001
    Hispanic vs white 0.97 0.95 0.98 <.001 1.02 1.00 1.04 .013
    Female vs male 1.12 1.11 1.13 <.001 1.16 1.15 1.17 <.001
Rhythm-controlling medication
    Black vs white 0.73 0.71 0.74 <.001 0.79 0.77 0.81 <.001
    Hispanic vs white 0.87 0.85 0.89 <.001 0.94 0.92 0.97 <.001
    Female vs male 0.90 0.89 0.91 <.001 1.04 1.03 1.05 <.001
Oral anticoagulation
    Black vs white 0.84 0.83 0.86 <.001 0.94 0.92 0.95 <.001
    Hispanic vs white 0.83 0.81 0.84 <.001 0.94 0.93 0.96 <.001
    Female vs male 0.86 0.86 0.87 <.001 0.93 0.93 0.94 <.001