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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 13.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2016 Nov 30;135(4):366–378. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.116.021952

Table 2.

Univariable Logistic Regression Analysis for Predicting Early Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After LAA Closure

Covariates Unmatched Cohort Propensity-Matched Cohort
OR (95% CI) P Value OR (95% CI) P Value
Demographics
 Age 1.05 (1.04–1.05) <0.001 1.05 (1.03–1.06) <0.001
 Female, sex 1.01 (0.92–1.10) 0.91 1.23 (0.94–1.60) 0.14
 BMI 1.00 (0.99, 1.01) 0.77 1.01 (0.98–1.03) 0.69
 Creatinine 1.08 (1.01–1.16) 0.03 1.10 (0.85–1.39) 0.50
 LVEF 0.99 (0.99–1.00) 0.01 0.99 (0.98–1.00) 0.20
History variables
 Hypertension 1.26 (1.15–1.37) <0.001 1.39 (1.07–1.81) 0.02
 Diabetes mellitus 0.96 (0.87–1.07) 0.47 0.99 (0.69–1.42) 0.94
 Dyslipidemia 1.02 (0.93–1.12) 0.73 1.04 (0.80–1.35) 0.77
 History of AF 1.71 (1.53–1.91) <0.001 2.38 (1.82–3.11) <0.001
 Prior stroke 1.24 (1.04–1.46) 0.01 1.74 (1.02–2.95) 0.04
 Previous MI 1.09 (0.99–1.20) 0.09 1.21 (0.81–1.81) 0.35
 Congestive heart failure 1.40 (1.25–1.55) <0.001 1.20 (0.90–1.61) 0.21
 Smoker 1.01 (0.93–1.10) 0.85 1.16 (0.89–1.50) 0.28
 Peripheral arterial disease 0.98 (0.87–1.11) 0.76 1.18 (0.69–2.00) 0.55
 Chronic lung disease 1.22 (1.09–1.38) 0.001 1.20 (0.82–1.75) 0.34
 Prior surgery 0.77 (0.69–0.87) <0.001 0.90 (0.55–1.46) 0.66
Preoperative medications
 β-Blocker 1.09 (1.00–1.19) 0.05 1.33 (1.03–1.73) 0.03
 Antiarrhythmics 0.93 (0.77–1.11) 0.42 0.58 (0.36–0.93) 0.02
 Calcium channel blocker 1.16 (1.05–1.28) 0.003 1.52 (1.09–2.13) 0.01
 Statin 1.16 (1.06–1.26) 0.001 1.08 (0.84–1.41) 0.54
 ACE-I or ARB 0.98 (0.90–1.06) 0.57 1.16 (0.87–1.54) 0.31
 Digoxin 1.32 (1.15–1.51) <0.001 1.24 (0.91–1.69} 0.18
Surgical data
 LAA closure 4.62 (3.79–5.64) <0.001 3.37 (2.57–4.42) <0.001
 Isolated CABG 0.78 (0.71–0.85) <0.001 2.89 (1.18–4.20) 0.01
 Aortic valve surgery 1.22 (1.11–1.34) <0.001 1.16 (0.77–1.75) 0.48
 Mitral valve surgery 1.55 (1.39–1.74) <0.001 0.84 (0.64–1.10) 0.20
 Tricuspid valve surgery 0.75 (0.52–1.06) 0.10 1.11 (0.48–2.57) 0.80
 Pulmonary valve surgery 0.56 (0.12–2.71) 0.47
 Combined CABG+valve or other 0.79 (0.70–0.88) <0.001 0.95 (0.69–1.31) 0.76
 Perfusion time, min 1.002 (1.001–1.003) <0.001 1.001 (0.998–1.005) 0.38

ACE-I indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor; AF, atrial fibrillation; ARB, angiotensin receptor blocker; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CI, confidence interval; LAA, left atrial appendage; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction; and OR, odds ratio.