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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 29.
Published before final editing as: Stroke. 2018 Nov 29:STROKEAHA118021453. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.118.021453

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Atrial Fibrillation Patients in Study, Optum Clinformatics, 2009–2015

All Whites Blacks Hispanics
N 267,419 225,116 22,808 19,495
Age, years 73.1 (12.3) 73.2 (12.1) 71.2 (13.0) 73.4 (12.9)
Women, % 46.6 46.0 51.0 47.6
CHA2DS2-VASc 4.1 (2.1) 4.1 (2.1) 4.4 (2.1) 4.5 (2.1)
Heart failure, % 32.7 31.5 40.5 38.1
Hypertension, % 82.3 81.3 88.3 86.6
Diabetes, % 33.9 31.8 43.6 47.3
Ischemic stroke, % 26.7 26.2 29.9 29.3
Vascular disease, % 31.9 31.1 34.5 38.2
Income, %*
<$40K 39.5 37.5 54.8 45.6
$40K-$49K 10.0 9.8 10.9 10.8
$50K-$59K 8.7 8.6 8.4 9.3
$60K-$74K 10.2 10.3 9.2 10.1
$75K-$99K 12.0 12.4 8.3 10.9
$100K+ 19.7 21.4 8.5 13.4
Education, %**
< 12th Grade 0.6 0.3 0.5 5.2
High School Diploma 30.4 26.8 54.1 43.8
< Bachelor Degree 56.0 58.5 41.6 43.5
Bachelor Degree or more 13.0 14.5 3.8 7.5

Data are presented as mean and standard deviation unless otherwise stated.

*

Based on 198,666 whites, 19,925 blacks, and 16,609 Hispanics

**

Based on 224,502 whites, 22,782 blacks, and 19,435 Hispanics