Table 2 Clinical electrocardiographic predictors of new-onset atrial fibrillation during 10-year follow-up of ischemic stroke patients without known atrial fibrillation at their index stroke

Parameter

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Hazard ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Age > 65 years

2.88 (1.20 to 6.89)

0.018

1.04 (1.02 to 1.07)

0.001

Hypertension

3.45 (1.40 to 3.49)

0.007

3.21 (1.35 to 7.67)

0.008

Heart failure

4.04 (1.24–13.18)

0.020

2.72 (1.08 to 6.83)

0.033

Diabetes

1.83 (0.87 to 3.87)

0.111

Male gender

1.22 (0.50 to 1.59)

0.459

Stroke group

1.391 (0.855 to 2.263)

0.184

P duration

1.02 (0.96 to 1.05)

0.105

QRS duration

1.02 (1.00 to 1.04)

0.025

1.01 (1.00 to 1.02)

0.354

PQ interval

1.00 (0.99 to 1.01)

0.966

Pvm

1.001 (0.994 to 1.009)

0.751

P duration/Pvm

2.320 (1.367 to 3.938)

0.002

2.02 (1.18 to 3.46)

0.010

P terminal force V1

1.00 (95% CI 1.00–1.00)

0.142