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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2016 Nov 15;103(11):818–826. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2016-309266

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics

Kidney Function P value
eGFR >=120
(N=278)
eGFR 105–119
(N=2018)
eGFR 90–104
(N=13257)
eGFR 60–89
(N=62174)
eGFR 45–59
(N=26939)
eGFR 30–44
(N=13411)
eGFR 15–29
(N=3787)
eGFR <15
(N=679)
Dialysis
(N=645)
Age, mean (± SD) (years) 49.0 (11.1) 54.8 (9.6) 62.1 (8.4) 71.6 (9.5) 76.1 (8.4) 77.9 (7.9) 77.2 (8.5) 72.9 (10.0) 67.6 (10.2) <0.001
Age>75 0 (0%) 46 (2.3%) 979 (7.4%) 27,392 (44.1%) 16,935 (62.9%) 9,742 (72.6%) 2,629 (69.4%) 351 (51.7%) 192 (29.8%) <0.001
Female 13 (4.7%) 38 (1.9%) 203 (1.5%) 924 (1.5%) 432 (1.6%) 284 (2.1%) 82 (2.2%) 7 (1.0%) 8 (1.2%) <0.001
mean BMI (kg/m2) 28.9 31.2 31.2 29.7 29.2 28.9 28.9 28 28.9 <0.001
Race White 79 (28.4%) 941 (46.6%) 9,264 (69.9%) 53,698 (86.4%) 24,486 (90.9%) 12,244 (91.3%) 3,346 (88.4%) 555 (81.7%) 434 (67.3%) <0.001
Black 124 (44.6%) 499 (24.7%) 1,069 (8.1%) 2,952 (4.8%) 1,292 (4.8%) 700 (5.2%) 268 (7.1%) 81 (11.9%) 161 (25.0%)
Physical comorbidities Anemia 56 (20.1%) 239 (11.8%) 1275 (9.6%) 7491 (12.1%) 5224 (19.4%) 4113 (30.7%) 1780 (47.0%) 366 (53.9%) 380 (58.9%) <0.001
Cancer (newly diagnosed) 25 (9.0%) 143 (7.1%) 988 (7.5%) 4527 (7.3%) 1853 (6.9%) 899 (6.7%) 233 (6.2%) 26 (3.8%) 43 (6.7%) <0.001
Chronic liver disease 10 (3.6%) 67 (03.3%) 226 (1.7%) 514 (0.8%) 172 (0.6%) 79 (0.6%) 37 (1.0%) 10 (1.5%) 19 (3.0%) <0.001
Chronic lung disease 69 (24.8%) 458 (22.7%) 2965 (22.4%) 12350 (19.9%) 5586 (20.7%) 3040 (22.7%) 946 (25.0%) 126 (18.6%) 215 (33.3%) <0.001
Coronary Artery Disease 55 (19.8%) 444 (22.0%) 3,931 (29.7%) 23,202 (37.3%) 12,326 (45.8%) 7,093 (52.9%) 2,180 (57.6%) 319 (47.0%) 395 (61.2%) <0.001
Diabetes 68 (24.5%) 541 (26.8%) 3,688 (27.8%) 16,201 (26.1%) 7,946 (29.5%) 4,790 (35.7%) 1,608 (42.5%) 299 (44.0%) 414 (64.2%) <0.001
Heart Failure 36 (13.0%) 224 (11.1%) 1,460 (11.0%) 7,680 (12.4%) 4,858 (18.0%) 3,518 (26.2%) 1.260 (33.3%) 207 (30.5%) 296 (45.9%) <0.001
Prior hemorrhage 21 (7.6%) 199 (9.9%) 1070 (8.1%) 4360 (7.0%) 2067 (7.7%) 1186 (8.8%) 436 (11.5%) 77 (11.3%) 168 (26.1%) <0.001
Hyperlipidemia 85 (30.6%) 712 (35.3%) 5696 (43.0%) 29722 (47.8%) 13833 (51.4%) 7351 (54.8%) 2137 (56.4%) 342 (50.4%) 417 (64.7%) <0.001
Hypertension 132 (47.5%) 1,031 (51.1) 7,295 (55.0%) 37,479 (60.3%) 18,195 (67.5%) 9,799 (73.1%) 2,941 (77.7%) 529 (77.9%) 607 (94.1%) <0.001
Peripheral arterial disease 19 (6.8%) 100 (5.0%) 852 (6.4%) 4,668 (7.5%) 2,736 (10.2%) 1,877 (14.0%) 685 (18.1%) 123 (18.1%) 178 (27.6%) <0.001
Prior Stroke / TIA 16 (5.8%) 96 (4.8%) 583 (4.4%) 3,405 (4.4%) 1,959 (7.3%) 1,075 (8.0%) 350 (9.2%) 54 (8.0%) 75 (11.6%) <0.001
Venous Thrombosis 4 (1.4%) 46 (2.3%) 206 (1.6%) 731 (1.2%) 353 (1.3%) 184 (1.4%) 46 (1.2%) 8 (1.2%) 22 (3.4%) <0.001
Mental comorbidities Alcohol abuse 60 (21.6%) 357 (17.7%) 1447 (10.9%) 2765 (4.5%) 819 (3.0%) 322 (2.4%) 116 (3.1%) 28 (4.1%) 15 (7.9%) <0.001
Anxiety 7 (2.5%) 64 (3.2%) 318 (2.4%) 1100 (1.8%) 456 (1.7%) 217 (1.6%) 78 (2.1%) 16 (2.4%) 22 (3.4%) <0.001
Bipolar disorder 7 (2.5%) 74 (3.7%) 292 (2.2%) 623 (1.0%) 247 (0.9%) 104 (0.8%) 30 (0.8%) 6 (0.9%) 10 (1.6%) <0.001
Dementia 0 10 (0.5%) 95 (0.7%) 944 (1.5%) 590 (2.2%) 323 (2.4%) 102 (2.7%) 14 (2.1) 17 (2.6%) <0.001
Major depression 26 (9.4%) 248 (12.3%) 1168 (8.8%) 3824 (6.2%) 1540 (5.7%) 778 (5.8%) 243 (6.4%) 41 (6.0%) 76 (11.8%) <0.001
PTSD 33 (11.9%) 206 (10.2%) 1100 (8.3%) 3011(4.8%) 1009 (3.8%) 475 (3.5%) 139 (3.7%) 30 (4.4%) 51 (7.9%) <0.001
Schizophrenia 7 (2.5%) 72 (3.6%) 209 (1.6%) 513 (0.8%) 174 (0.7%) 81 (0.6%) 28 (0.7%) 4 (0.6%) 16 (2.5%) <0.001
Substance abuse (non-alcohol) 37 (13.3%) 166 (8.2%) 490 (3.7%) 801 (1.3%) 199 (0.7%) 99 (0.7%) 36 (1.0%) 17 (2.5%) 23 (3.6%) <0.001
Meds Antiarrhythmic drug 37 (13.3%) 299 (14.8%) 1,977 (14.9%) 8,738 (14.1%) 4,107 (15.3%) 2,195 (16.4%) 675 (17.8%) 128 (18.9%) 125 (19.4%) <0.001
AV nodal agent 226 (81.3%) 1,593 (78.9%) 10,307 (77.8%) 45,313 (72.9%) 19,702 (73.1%) 9,951 (74.2%) 2,912 (76.9%) 499 (73.5%) 533 (82.6%) <0.001
Aspirin 87 (31.3%) 488 (24.2%) 2,488 (18.8%) 8,813 (14.2%) 3,820 (14.2%) 2,084 (15.5%) 760 (20.1%) 144 (21.2%) 215 (33.3%) <0.001
Clopidogrel 8 (2.9%) 52 (2.6%) 507 (3.8%) 3,076 (5.0%) 1,631 (6.1%) 871 (6.5%) 257 (6.8%) 36 (5.3%) 30 (4.7%) <0.001
Aspirin+Clopidogrel 8 (2.9%) 43 (2.1%) 294 (2.2%) 1,207 (1.9%) 641 (2.4%) 383 (2.9%) 126 (3.3%) 16 (2.4%) 38 (5.9%) <0.001
Other antiplatelet 1 (0.4%) 1 (0.1%) 30 (0.2%) 206 (0.3%) 108 (0.4%) 76 (0.6%) 18 (0.5%) 3 (0.4%) 0 (0%) <0.001
ACE/ARB 116 (41.7%) 929 (46.0%) 6,667 (50.3%) 31,930 (51.4%) 15,145 (56.2%) 7,728 (57.6%) 1,870 (49.4%) 250 (36.8%) 295 (45.7%) <0.001
Stain 71 (25.5%) 776 (38.5%) 6,374 (48.1%) 32,526 (52.3%) 14,932 (55.4%) 7,577 (56.5%) 2,153 (56.9%) 295 (43.5%) 360 (55.8%) <0.001
Niacin/Fibrate 11 (4.0%) 126 (6.2%) 1001 (7.6%) 4192 (6.7%) 1934 (7.2%) 1017 (7.6%) 284 (7.5%) 54 (8.0%) 61 (9.5%) <0.001
Comorbidity Index Charlson 0.89 (1.1) 0.85 (1.0) 0.81 (1.0) 0.80 (1.0) 1.00 (1.1) 1.34 (1.3) 1.80 (1.5) 1.88 (1.4) 2.75 (1.4) <0.001
Selim 2.07 (2.1) 2.05 (2.0) 2.16 (2.1) 2.26 (2.1) 2.63 (2.1) 3.17 (2.5) 3.87 (2.8) 3.85 (2.8) 6.00 (2.7) <0.001
CHADS2 score group CHADS2 0–1 201 (72.3%) 1,403 (69.5%) 8,875 (67.0%) 32,422 (52.2%) 10,248 (38.0%) 3,711 (27.7%) 859 (22.7%) 196 (28.9%) 99 (15.4%) <0.001
CHADS2 2–3 73 (26.3%) 565 (28.0%) 4,027 (30.4%) 26,472 (42.6%) 14,250 (52.9%) 7,885 (58.8%) 2,279 (60.2%) 390 (57.4%) 434 (67.3%)
CHADS2 4–6 4 (1.4%) 50 (2.5%) 355 (2.7%) 3,280 (5.3%) 2,441 (9.1%) 1,815 (13.5%) 649 (17.1%) 93 (13.7%) 112 (17.4%)
Mean CHADS2 score (mean ± SD) 0.96 (1.1) 1.01 (1.1) 1.10 (1.1) 1.54 (1.2) 1.92 (1.2) 2.24 (1.2) 2.41 (1.2) 2.20 (1.2) 2.57 (1.1) <0.001
ATRIA score group Low (0–3) 250 (89.9%) 1,873 (92.8%) 12266 (92.5%) 54491 (87.6%) 21364(79.3%) 9113 (68.0%) 151 (4.0%) 34 (5.0%) 9 (1.4%) <0.001
Medium (4) 22 (7.9%) 106 (5.3%) 649 (4.9%) 2,990 (4.8%) 1,749 (6.5%) 1,076 (8.0%) 414 (10.9%) 106 (15.6%) 134 (20.8%)
High (5–10) 6 (2.2%) 39 (1.9%) 342 (2.6%) 4,693 (7.6%) 3,826 (14.2%) 3,222 (24.0%) 3,222 (85.1%) 539 (79.4%) 502 (77.8%)
Mean ATRIA bleed score (mean ± SD) 1.15 (1.4) 1.01 (1.2) 1.07 (1.3) 1.92 (1.6) 2.59 (1.7) 3.19 (1.8) 6.69 (1.9) 6.54 (1.9) 6.56 (1.9) <0.001