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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jun 15.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2020 Apr 12;125(12):1836–1844. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2020.03.028

Table 2:

Predictors of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation After Non-Cardiac Surgery

Variable Odds Ratio (95% Confidence Interval) p-value
Demographics
Age 35–50 vs. Age 18–35 1.62 (0.73–3.58) 0.23
Age 50–65 vs. Age 18–35 2.49 (1.17–5.27) 0.02
Age ≥65 vs. Age 18–35 6.21 (2.94–13.11) <0.001
Male vs. Female 1.11 (1.04–1.19) 0.002
Black vs. White 0.65 (0.57–0.73) <0.001
Hispanic vs. White 0.73 (0.63–0.84) <0.001
Other vs. White 1.01 (0.92–1.12) 0.82
Income Group (centile)
<25th vs. >75th 0.97 (0.87–1.08) 0.58
25th-50th vs. >75th 0.95 (0.87–1.04) 0.28
50th-75th vs. >75th 0.97 (0.89–1.06) 0.50
Comorbidities
Alcohol Abuse 1.25 (1.01–1.54) 0.04
Anemia 1.29 (1.18–1.40) <0.001
Chronic Kidney Disease 0.98 (0.89–1.08) 0.69
Chronic Pulmonary Disease 1.22 (1.13–1.31) <0.001
Coronary Artery Disease 1.12 (1.03–1.22) 0.006
Prior Percutaneous Coronary 0.79 (0.72–0.86) <0.001
Intervention
Prior Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting 0.78 (0.71–0.86) <0.001
Diabetes Mellitus 0.76 (0.71–0.83) <0.001
Dyslipidemia 0.87 (0.82–0.93) <0.001
End-Stage Renal Disease 0.97 (0.83–1.14) 0.71
History of Heart Failure 2.02 (1.86–2.20) <0.001
History of Venous Thromboembolism 0.89 (0.74–1.08) 0.24
Hypertension 1.0 (0.92–1.08) 0.97
Malignancy 0.96 (0.78–1.17) 0.68
Obesity 1.08 (0.97–1.19) 0.15
Peripheral Arterial Disease 1.15 (1.06–1.24) <0.001
Tobacco Use 0.87 (0.81–0.94) <0.001
Valvular Heart Disease 1.77 (1.52–1.85) <0.001
Surgery Type
General Surgery Reference
Genitourinary 0.42 (0.36–0.49) <0.001
Skin/Burn 0.29 (0.22–0.38) <0.001
Neurosurgery 0.45 (0.38–0.55) <0.001
Obstetric 0.16 (0.12–0.22) <0.001
Orthopedic 0.37 (0.34 –0.40) <0.001
Other Surgeries 0.40 (0.32–0.51) <0.001
Thoracic 2.08 (1.84–2.35) <0.001
Vascular 0.63 (0.58–0.70) <0.001

The C-statistic was 0.85 for this model.