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Characteristics of Patients with AF classified based on Warfarin Use |
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| Characteristics |
Received Warfarin n = 199 |
Did Not Receive Warfarin n = 165 |
p value |
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| Age, years, mean |
76.3 ± 11.3 |
81.3 ± 10.3 |
< 0.001* |
| Age 75 ≥ y, n (%) |
125 (62.8) |
134 (81.2) |
< 0.001* |
| AA Race, n (%) |
74 (37.2) |
82 (49.7) |
0.016* |
| Women, n (%) |
76 (38.2) |
79 (47.9) |
0.063 |
| CAD, n (%) |
92 (46.2) |
87 (52.7) |
0.217 |
| Mean CHADS2 Score ± S.D |
2.8 ± 1.3 |
3.2 ± 1.3 |
0.004* |
| CHADS2 Score- 3 or greater (%) |
111 (56) |
116 (70) |
0.004* |
| Chads2 Score |
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| No. of points, n (%) |
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| 0 |
3 (1.5) |
2 (1) |
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| 1 |
22 (11) |
12 (7) |
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| 2 |
63 (32) |
35 (21) |
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| 3 |
59 (30) |
58 (35) |
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| 4 |
32 (16) |
28 (17) |
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| 5 |
15 (7.5) |
22 (14) |
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| 6 |
5 (2.5) |
8 (5) |
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| Heart Failure, n (%) |
120 (60.3) |
103 (62.4) |
0.679 |
| Diabetes, n (%) |
68 (34.2) |
66 (40.0) |
0.251 |
| Hypertension, n (%) |
179 (90.0) |
149 (90.3) |
0.911 |
| Prior Stroke, n (%) |
47 (23.6) |
43 (26.1) |
0.591 |
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Abbreviations: AA- African American, CAD- Coronary Artery Disease, CHADS2- C-cardiac failure, H-hypertension, A-age > 75 years, D- diabetes mellitus, S- stroke, S.D- Standard deviation *Statistically significant, p < 0.05 | |||
Srivastava et al. Thrombosis Journal 2008 6:6 doi:10.1186/1477-9560-6-6 |
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