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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jan 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Arthroplasty. 2021 May 25;36(10):3401–3405. doi: 10.1016/j.arth.2021.05.022

Table 2.

Total Joint Arthroplasty 90 d Postoperative Arrhythmia Rates.

Variable No Statins Prior Statins Perioperative Statin Use Perioperative Statin vs No Statin P-Value No Statin vs Perioperative + Prior Statin P-Value Perioperative Statin vs Prior Statin P-Value
All patients (n = 966) (n = 572) (n = 231)
 Total arrhythmia (%) 39 (4.0%) 24 (4.2%) 1 (0.4%) .003 .309 .005
 AF (%) 20 (2.1%) 12 (2.1%) 1 (0.4%) .100 .597 .184
Patients without a history of AF (n = 915) (n = 508) (n = 221)
 Total arrhythmia (%) 25 (2.7%) 19 (3.7%) 1 (0.5%) .225 .245 .035
 AF (%) 10 (1.1%) 3 (0.6%) 1 (0.5%) .702 .287 1.00
Patients without a history of a beta-blocker (n = 828) (n = 404) (n = 175)
 Total arrhythmia (%) 29 (3.5%) 16 (4.0%) 1 (0.6%) .069 .649 .069
 AF (%) 14 (1.7%) 7 (1.7%) 1 (0.6%) .047 .648 .070

AF, atrial fibrillation.