Table 1 Characteristics of the total study population, AF patients and non-AF patients
Total population | AF | Non-AF | P-value | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
detection rate (%) | 95% CI | |||||||||
Total, n | 928 | 35 | 3.8% | (2.7–5.2) | 893 | |||||
Men, n (%) | 462 (49.8%) | 21 (60.0%) | 4.6% | (3.0–6.8) | 441 (49.4%) | 0.218 | ||||
Women, n (%) | 466 (50.2%) | 14 (40.0%) | 3.0% | (1.8–5.0) | 452 (50.6%) | |||||
Age < 65 years, n (%) | 242 (26.1%) | 7 (20.0%) | 2.9% | (1. 4–5.8) | 235 (26.3%) | 0.404 | ||||
Age ≥65 years, n (%) | 686 (73.9%) | 28 (80.0%) | 4.1% | (2.8–5.8) | 658 (73.7%) | |||||
CHADS2 = 1, n (%) | 415 (44.7%) | 13 (37.1%) | 3.1% | (1.7–5.1) | 403 (45.1%) | 0.351 | ||||
CHADS2 ≥ 2, n (%) | 513 (55.3%) | 22 (62.9%) | 4.3% | (2.8–6.3) | 490 (54.9%) | |||||
CHF, n (%) | 34 (3.7%) | 1 (2.9%) | 2.9% | (0.7–14.9) | 33 (3.7%) | 0.796 | ||||
HT, n (%) | 838 (90.3%) | 31 (88.6%) | 3.7% | (2.6–5.2) | 807 (90.4%) | 0.724 | ||||
Age ≥75 y, n (%) | 326 (35.0%) | 13 (37.1%) | 4.0% | (2.6–7.1) | 313 (35.1%) | 0.799 | ||||
DM, n (%) | 293 (31.6%) | 12 (34.3%) | 4.1% | (2.4–7.0) | 281 (31.5%) | 0.725 | ||||
ES, n (%) | 80 (8.6%) | 4 (11.4%) | 5.0% | (2.0–12.2) | 76 (8.5%) | 0.546 | ||||
IHD*, n (%) | 184 (19.8%) | 5 (14.3%) | 2.7% | (1.2–6.2) | 179 (20.0%) | 0.402 | ||||
Total population | AF | Non-AF | ||||||||
Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | Mean | SD | Range | P-value | |
Number of ECG registrations, n | 55.4 | ± 11.2 | 1–125 | 50.3 | ± 22.1 | 1–96 | 55.6 | ± 10.5 | 20–125 | 0.442 |
Age, y | 69.8 | ± 9.4 | 33–89 | 70.7 | ± 7.7 | 53–85 | 69.8 | ± 9.4 | 33–89 | 0.679 |
Median | Range | Median | Range | Median | Range | |||||
CHADS 2 total | 2 | 1–5 | 2 | 1–4 | 2 | 1–5 | 0.451 | |||