Table 2.
Comparison of key patient characteristics (N=37).
| Characteristics | Frequency, n (%) | ||
| Age (years) | |||
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>75 | 17 (46) | |
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65-74 | 14 (38) | |
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<65 | 6 (16) | |
| Sex | |||
|
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Female | 11 (30) | |
|
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Male | 26 (70) | |
| Race | |||
|
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Non-White | 1 (3) | |
|
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White | 36 (97) | |
| Ethnicity | |||
|
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Hispanic | 1 (3) | |
|
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Non-Hispanic | 36 (97) | |
| Individual predictors of CHA2DS2-VASc scorea | |||
|
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Congestive heart failure | 14 (38) | |
|
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Hypertension | 33 (89) | |
|
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Diabetes | 7 (19) | |
|
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Stroke or transient ischemic attack | 5 (14) | |
|
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Vascular disease | 14 (38) | |
| CHA2DS2-VASc score | |||
|
|
2 | 9 (24) | |
|
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3 | 10 (27) | |
|
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4 | 9 (24) | |
|
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5 | 6 (16) | |
|
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6 | 2 (5) | |
|
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7 | 0 (0) | |
|
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8 | 0 (0) | |
|
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9 | 1 (3) | |
| Reason for not being on anticoagulation before index appointment with cardiology providerb | |||
|
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Low AFc burden | 16 (43) | |
|
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Refused | 10 (27) | |
|
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Not listed | 5 (14) | |
|
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Fall risk | 1 (3) | |
|
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Gastrointestinal bleeding | 2 (5) | |
|
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Other bleeding | 3 (8) | |
| Years since AF onset | |||
|
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1-5 | 15 (41) | |
|
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5-10 | 12 (32) | |
|
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>10 | 10 (27) | |
| Had another AF episode in the past year | |||
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Yes | 26 (70) | |
aThe CHA2DS2−VASc score assigns 1 point for congestive heart failure, hypertension, age 65-74 years, diabetes mellitus, vascular disease history, such as myocardial infarction, and female sex and 2 points for age >75 years, previous stroke, or transient ischemic attack.
bIndex appointment is the encounter in which we used the AFib 2gether app.
cAF: atrial fibrillation.