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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients with atrial fibrillation with and without oral anticoagulation in 2014

From: Ischemic stroke risk estimation in patients without oral anticoagulation: an observational cohort study based on secondary data from Germany

 

With OAC

(N = 82,331)

Without OAC

(N = 30,229)

Age (mean ± SD)

77.12 ± 8.75

76.41 ± 12.42

Sex (percent male)

47.7%

46.6%

CHA2DS2-VASc-score (mean ± SD)

4.66 ± 1.57

4.25 ± 1.81

Hypertension

91.6%

85.0%

Chronic heart failure

47.7%

40.2%

Stroke or transient ischemic attack in 2014

10.1%

7.96%

Stroke in 2014

6.4%

4.71%

Diabetes mellitus

44.3%

10.1%

Vascular disease

50.6%

12.0%

Alcohol-related disorder

3.2%

5.2%

Dementia

11.3%

19.2%

Anemia

16.2%

19.9%

Renal disease

32.8%

31.90%

Dialysis

0.9%

2.5%

Liver disease

15.7%

15.0%

  1. OAC oral anticoagulation