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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2016 Aug 19;182:135–143. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2016.08.003

Table 2.

Atrial Fibrillation History Across AFEQT Quartiles

Overall
N=2007
Quartile 1 (Worst QoL)
N=497
Quartile 2
N=507
Quartile 3
N=501
Quartile 4 (Best QoL)
N=502
P-Value
Type of AF 0.0005
    First Detected/New Onset 197 (9.8) 71 (14.3) 46 (9.1) 50 (10.0) 30 (6.0)
    Paroxysmal 955 (47.6) 216 (43.5) 248 (48.9) 246 (49.1) 245 (48.8)
    Persistent 300 (15.0) 88 (17.7) 74 (14.6) 58 (11.6) 80 (15.9)
    Permanent 555 (27.7) 122 (24.6) 139 (27.4) 147 (29.3) 147 (29.3)
EHRA Symptom Level <0.0001
    No Symptoms 686 (34.2) 65 (13.1) 153 (30.2) 189 (37.7) 279 (55.6)
    Mild 961 (47.9) 235 (47.3) 277 (54.6) 266 (53.1) 183 (36.5)
    Severe 327 (16.3) 179 (36.0) 69 (13.6) 44 (8.8) 35 (7.0)
    Disabling 32 (1.6) 18 (3.6) 8 (1.6) 1 (0.2) 5 (1.0)
CHADS2 Risk Score 0.7263
    0 135 (6.7) 31 (6.2) 28 (5.5) 41 (8.2) 35 (7.0)
    1 436 (21.7) 101 (20.3) 121 (23.9) 106 (21.2) 108 (21.5)
    ≥ 2 1436 (71.6) 365 (73.4) 358 (70.6) 354 (70.7) 359 (71.5)
Prior Treatment with Antiarrhythmic Drug 833 (41.5) 236 (47.5) 207 (40.8) 202 (40.3) 188 (37.5) 0.0112
Prior Cardioversion 497 (24.8) 142 (28.6) 131 (25.8) 120 (24.0) 104 (20.7) 0.0326
    Catheter Ablation of AF 97 (4.8) 34 (6.8) 31 (6.1) 16 (3.2) 16 (3.2) 0.0072
    Atrial Flutter Ablation 60 (3.0) 17 (3.4) 13 (2.6) 10 (2.0) 20 (4.0) 0.2561
AV Node/HIS Bundle Ablation 43 (2.1) 17 (3.4) 10 (2.0) 13 (2.6) 3 (0.6) 0.0174
    Any Surgical Intervention 36 (1.8) 6 (1.2) 14 (2.8) 9 (1.8) 7 (1.4) 0.2490
Provider Specialty <0.0001
    Cardiology 1686 (84.0) 402 (80.9) 431 (85.0) 423 (84.4) 430 (85.7) 0.1670
    Internal Medicine or Primary Care 1295 (64.5) 327 (65.8) 327 (64.5) 308 (61.5) 333 (66.3) 0.3764
    Electrophysiology 274 (13.7) 78 (15.7) 68 (13.4) 58 (11.6) 70 (13.9) 0.3021

All values are presented as N(%)