Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with either Heart Failure or Acute Myocardial Infarction and Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Cohort Study

Table 2 Predictors of incident AF in patients with heart failure or a recent MI

	Hazard Ratio*	95%CI
Dofetilide compared to placebo	0.58	0.40-0.82
Heart failure	3.14	1.78-5.53
5-year age increase	1.17	1.06-1.28
Male gender	1.80	1.15-2.82
Diabetes	1.40	0.92-2.15
History of IHD	0.88	0.61-1.27
5-percentage increase in LVEF	0.87	0.77-0.99

AF, atrial fibrillation; CI, confidence interval; IHD, ischemic heart disease; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; MI, myocardial infarction.
*Adjusted for heart failure, age, gender, diabetes, IHD and LVEF

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