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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 May;64(5):1054–1060. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14099

Table 3.

Type of discordance among patients < 85 or ≥ 85 years of age with treatment discordant from AFDST.

AFDST
Recommended
Treatment
Current Treatment Age < 85 Age ≥ 85
Number of
Patients (n)
% Number of
Patients (n)
%
Oral
Anticoagulant
Therapy
None 113 20% 18 20%
Aspirin 384 67% 69 78%
Aspirin None 12 2% 0 0%
Oral Anticoagulant
Therapy
16 3% 0 0%
None Aspirin 25 4% 1 1%
Oral Anticoagulant
Therapy
25 4% 1 1%
Total 575 89

AFDST – Atrial Fibrillation Decision Support Tool.