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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2018 Nov 24;123(4):598–604. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.11.020

Table 3.

Odds ratios for patient characteristics associated with warfarin use after atrial fibrillation diagnosis

Warfarin use
Within 30 days Within 60 days Within 90 days
Characteristics OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p OR (95% CI) p
Age, years
 0–49 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 50–64 1.03 (0.85–1.25) 0.7443 1.04 (0.86–1.25) 0.6952 1.03 (0.86–1.23) 0.7476
 65–74 1.09 (0.89–1.33) 0.4054 1.10 (0.91–1.33) 0.3261 1.08 (0.90–1.30) 0.4036
 75–84 0.96 (0.77–1.20) 0.7361 0.99 (0.81–1.22) 0.9349 0.99 (0.81–1.20) 0.8842
 ≥85 0.53 (0.38–0.75) 0.0003 0.49 (0.35–0.68) < 0.0001 0.52 (0.38–0.71) <0.0001
Sex
 Male 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Female 1.01 (0.90–1.13) 0.9122 0.96 (0.86–1.07) 0.4764 0.99 (0.89–1.09) 0.7790
Race
 White 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Black 0.80 (0.71–0.91) 0.0006 0.80 (0.71–0.90) 0.0002 0.79 (0.70–0.88) <0.0001
 Asian 0.57 (0.43–0.76) 0.0002 0.61 (0.47–0.79) 0.0003 0.63 (0.49–0.81) 0.0003
 Other 0.74 (0.49–1.12) 0.1504 0.74 (0.50–1.10) 0.1386 0.88 (0.61–1.26) 0.4817
Primary cause of end-stage renal disease
 Diabetes mellitus 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Hypertension 1.02 (0.87–1.19) 0.7982 0.98 (0.85–1.14) 0.8222 0.97 (0.84–1.12) 0.7037
 Glomerulonephritis 1.03 (0.83–1.27) 0.8110 0.99 (0.81–1.21) 0.9299 1.04 (0.85–1.26) 0.7191
 Other cause 0.84 (0.69–1.02) 0.0714 0.82 (0.68–0.98) 0.0311 0.83 (0.70–0.99) 0.0359
Years on dialysis
 1–2 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 3–4 1.02 (0.88–1.19) 0.7747 1.02 (0.88–1.17) 0.8138 0.99 (0.86–1.13) 0.8776
 5–9 1.07 (0.92–1.24) 0.3919 1.07 (0.93–1.23) 0.3502 1.06 (0.92–1.21) 0.4272
 ≥10 1.15 (0.97–1.38) 0.1166 1.15 (0.97–1.36) 0.1088 1.10 (0.94–1.30) 0.2410
Atrial fibrillation diagnosis setting
 Inpatient 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 Outpatient 0.47 (0.40–0.54) < 0.0001 0.52 (0.45–0.59) < 0.0001 0.58 (0.50–0.66) <0.0001
Diabetes mellitus 1.00 (0.86–1.16) 0.9930 0.99 (0.86–1.14) 0.8782 0.99 (0.87–1.14) 0.9103
Atherosclerotic heart disease 0.93 (0.83–1.05) 0.2533 0.88 (0.79–0.99) 0.0281 0.88 (0.79–0.98) 0.0200
Congestive heart failure 1.07 (0.95–1.20) 0.2944 1.08 (0.97–1.22) 0.1669 1.10 (0.98–1.23) 0.0908
Dysrhythmia 0.91 (0.75–1.09) 0.3025 0.86 (0.72–1.02) 0.0768 0.91 (0.78–1.07) 0.2609
Other cardiac disease 0.97 (0.86–1.09) 0.6129 0.95 (0.85–1.06) 0.3844 0.96 (0.86–1.07) 0.4577
Stroke/transient ischemic attack 1.03 (0.88–1.20) 0.7237 1.04 (0.90–1.20) 0.5856 1.08 (0.94–1.25) 0.2519
Peripheral vascular disease 0.94 (0.84–1.06) 0.3531 1.00 (0.89–1.12) 0.9598 1.03 (0.93–1.15) 0.5665
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 1.12 (0.99–1.28) 0.0814 1.10 (0.98–1.25) 0.1195 1.10 (0.98–1.24) 0.1110
Gastrointestinal bleeding 0.52 (0.42–0.65) < 0.0001 0.58 (0.48–0.71) < 0.0001 0.60 (0.50–0.73) <0.0001
Liver disease 0.82 (0.67–1.01) 0.0665 0.86 (0.71–1.04) 0.1194 0.80 (0.66–0.97) 0.0206
Cancer 0.81 (0.65–1.00) 0.0553 0.91 (0.74–1.11) 0.3303 0.87 (0.72–1.06) 0.1720
Drug or alcohol abuse 0.43 (0.20–0.96) 0.0397 0.36 (0.16–0.79) 0.0111 0.32 (0.15–0.71) 0.0049
Disability proxy score
 ≤0 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref) 1.00 (ref)
 1–2 0.76 (0.66–0.87) 0.0001 0.76 (0.67–0.87) < 0.0001 0.75 (0.66–0.86) <0.0001
 3–4 0.57 (0.49–0.68) < 0.0001 0.61 (0.53–0.72) < 0.0001 0.62 (0.53–0.71) <0.0001
 5–6 0.42 (0.34–0.53) < 0.0001 0.49 (0.40–0.60) < 0.0001 0.51 (0.42–0.62) <0.0001
 ≥7 0.44 (0.33–0.58) < 0.0001 0.45 (0.35–0.59) < 0.0001 0.46 (0.36–0.58) <0.0001