Electrocardiographic and Echocardiographic predictors of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation detected after ischemic stroke

Table 3 Covariates associated with short AF episodes on ambulatory ECG monitoring detected in patients without prior AF history

	Univariate regression model			Multivariate regression model (adjusted for age)
Variables	OR	95 % CI	P value	OR	95 % CI	P value
^aLAVI	1.08	1.01–1.15	0.017	1.08	1.01–1.15	0.017
^aLAVI > 40 ml/m²	6.40	1.47–27.91	0.013	6.40	1.47–27.91	0.013
P-wave duration	1.03	1.00–1.06	0.082
QRS duration	1.00	1.00–1.03	0.961
Corrected QT interval	1.00	1.00–1.02	0.988
PTF	1.00	1.00–1.00	0.393
EF	1.00	1.00–1.03	0.493
Left ventricle end-diatolic dimension	1.02	1.00–1.12	0.672
Left ventrical end-systolic dimension	1.03	1.00–1.10	0.488
Right atrium pressure	1.11	0.82–1.52	0.492
Age	1.05	1.00–1.11	0.037
Hypertension	0.91	0.32–2.60	0.859
Ischemic heart diseases	0.81	0.25–2.69	0.733
Cardiac failure	1.86	0.35–10.85	0.488

^a- multivariate analysis was performed separately for LAVI as continuous variable and for LAVI > 40 ml/m²

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