Table 1.
Baseline characteristics for patients aged ≥45 years with diagnoses of AF (N=12,283), and with or without gout in primary care attending the 75 PHCCs between January 1st 2001 and December 31st 2007, divided by sex
| All | Men (N=6,646) | Women (N=5,637) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No gout | Gout | No gout | Gout | ||
| N=12,283 | N=5,959 | N=687 | N=5,275 | N=362 | |
| Numbers (%) | Numbers (%) | Numbers (%) | Numbers (%) | Numbers (%) | |
| Number of deaths | 3,954 (32.1) | 1,739 (29.2) | 244 (35.5) | 1,817 (34.5) | 154 (42.5) |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 74.4 (10.1) | 72.0 (10.2) | 73.5 (9.3) | 77.0 (9.3) | 78.4 (8.1) |
| Age groups (years) | |||||
| 45–54 | 475 (3.9) | 348 (5.8) | 22 (3.2) | 104 (2.0) | 1 (0.3) |
| 55–64 | 1,743 (14.2) | 1,110 (18.6) | 112 (16.3) | 499 (9.5) | 22 (6.1) |
| 65–74 | 3,308 (26.9) | 1,852 (31.1) | 190 (27.7) | 1,191 (22.6) | 75 (20.7) |
| 75–79 | 2,427 (19.8) | 1,092 (18.3) | 165 (24.0) | 1,090 (20.7) | 80 (22.1) |
| 80–84 | 2,447 (19.9) | 962 (16.1) | 121 (17.6) | 1,261 (23.9) | 103 (28.5) |
| ≥85 | 1,883 (15.3) | 595 (10.0) | 77 (11.2) | 1,130 (21.4) | 81 (22.4) |
| Educational level | |||||
| Compulsory schooling | 5,085 (45.2) | 2,219 (39.4) | 267 (41.1) | 2,427 (52.1) | 172 (58.1) |
| Secondary schooling | 3,995 (35.5) | 2,110 (37.4) | 257 (39.5) | 1,535 (33.0) | 93 (31.4) |
| College and/or university studies | 2,161 (19.2) | 1,310 (23.2) | 127 (19.5) | 693 (14.9) | 31 (10.5) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 5,613 (45.9) | 3,567 (60.1) | 383 (55.9) | 1,554 (29.6) | 109 (30.3) |
| Unmarried | 1,029 (8.4) | 566 (9.5) | 64 (9.3) | 384 (7.3) | 15 (4.2) |
| Divorced | 1,813 (14.8) | 908 (15.3) | 113 (16.5) | 744 (14.2) | 48 (13.3) |
| Widowed | 3,777 (30.9) | 895 (15.1) | 125 (18.3) | 2,659 (48.9) | 188 (52.2) |
| Neighborhood SES | |||||
| High | 4,604 (37.5) | 2,385 (40.0) | 271 (39.5) | 1,834 (34.8) | 114 (31.5) |
| Middle | 5,807 (47.3) | 2,712 (45.5) | 318 (46.3) | 2,600 (49.3) | 177 (48.9) |
| Low | 1,872 (15.2) | 862 (14.5) | 98 (14.3) | 841 (15.9) | 71 (19.6) |
| Diagnosis | |||||
| Hypertension | 5,449 (44.4) | 2,396 (40.2) | 330 (48.0) | 2,532 (48.0) | 191 (52.8) |
| Coronary heart disease | 3,234 (26.3) | 1,472 (24.7) | 250 (36.4) | 1,395 (26.5) | 117 (32.3) |
| Congestive heart failure | 5,684 (46.3) | 2,432 (40.8) | 424 (61.7) | 2,560 (48.5) | 268 (74.0) |
| Cerebrovascular diseases | 2,566 (20.9) | 1,139 (19.1) | 138 (20.1) | 1,208 (22.9) | 81 (22.4) |
| Obesity | 614 (4.6) | 297 (5.0) | 55 (8.0) | 222 (4.2) | 40 (11.1) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 2,366 (19.3) | 1,109 (18.6) | 185 (26.9) | 958 (18.2) | 114 (31.5) |
| COPD | 1,416 (11.5) | 618 (10.4) | 92 (13.4) | 648 (12.3) | 58 (16.0) |
| Depression | 1,039 (8.5) | 372 (6.2) | 40 (5.8) | 586 (11.1) | 41 (11.3) |
| Anxiety | 496 (4.0) | 168 (2.8) | 15 (2.2) | 285 (5.4) | 28 (7.7) |
| Dementia | 937 (7.6) | 343 (5.8) | 45 (6.6) | 512 (9.7) | 37 (10.2) |
Information on educational level (men 356, women 686) and marital status (men 25, women 26) is missing for some individuals.