Table 3.
Subgroup patient characteristics of intensive care unit admitted patients by subgroups within the period 2011 to 2016 propensity matched on atrial fibrillation status
Characteristic | No AF (n=208) |
AF known (n=195) |
New-onset AF (n=213) |
Age, median (range) | 70 (20–93) | 76 (31–94) | 76 (41–97) |
Female, n (%) | 90 (43.2) | 90 (46.2) | 75 (35.2) |
APACHE II, median (range) | 18 (3–49) | 18 (7–44) | 19 (5–46) |
APACHE III, median (range) | 75 (25–191) | 74 (26–126) | 75 (26–191) |
LOS ICU, median (range) | 3 (0.2–76.4) | 3 (0.1–100) | 7 (0.3–95) |
LOS hospital, median (range) | 13 (0.1–128) | 13 (0.1–196) | 16 (0.3–96) |
New-onset AF includes documented and non-documented AF.
AF, atrial fibrillation; APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.