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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 17.
Published in final edited form as: J Atr Fibrillation. 2014;7(1):22–30. doi: 10.4022/jafib.1062

Table 2.

Hospitalizations in the Pharmacological Rhythm-Control Versus Rate-Control Groups

Hospitalizations Patients with Events Adjusted HR (95% CI)
Rhythm Control (n=12,408) Rate Control (n=66,824)
Atrial fibrillation 1279 (10.3%) 4845 (7.3%) 1.40 (1.31–1.50)
Heart failure 310 (2.5%) 1379 (2.1%) 1.01 (0.88–1.17)
Cardiovascular 2160 (17.4%) 8807 (13.2%) 1.26 (1.20–1.33)
Non-cardiovascular 2669 (21.5%) 13,000 (19.5%) 1.04 (0.99–1.09)
All-cause 4060 (32.7%) 18,888 (28.3%) 1.11 (1.07–1.16)

CI indicates confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio.