Table 2.
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 | |
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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(%)