Research Article

Incidence and Complications of Atrial Fibrillation in a Low Socioeconomic and High Disability United States (US) Population: A Combined Statistical and Machine Learning Approach

Table 1

Baseline characteristics for Medicaid groups and overall cohort. Values are shown in numbers (%), with exceptions as shown in the table.

Baseline characteristicTANFFamily careTwo groupsLTSS—nondualABD—nondualLTSS—dualsABD—dualsPopulation

Age group (years)
 18–44228848 (72.8)13321 (56.7)68843 (56.0)14666 (49.9)31991 (43.6)2061 (6.9)5857 (24.1)365587 (59.2)
 45–5458651 (18.7)6605 (28.1)20298 (16.5)8085 (27.5)21180 (28.8)2665 (9.0)4787 (19.7)122271 (19.8)
 55–6426566 (8.5)3579 (15.2)26580 (21.6)6308 (21.5)16866 (23.0)4592 (15.4)5498 (22.6)89989 (14.6)
 65–7459 (0.0)2 (0.0)4248 (3.5)250 (0.9)2294 (3.1)9516 (32.0)5695 (23.5)22064 (3.6)
 75–9017 (0.0)0 (0.0)2923 (2.4)98 (0.3)1104 (1.5)10914 (36.7)2446 (10.1)17502 (2.8)
Age (years), mean (SD)36.8 (11.8)40.8 (12.3)42.7 (15.9)42.7 (13.0)45.0 (14.0)68.6 (13.9)56.2 (15.3)41.7 (15.2)

Gender
 Males95961 (47.0)11366 (48.4)38252 (31.1)13835 (47.0)33992 (46.3)9354 (31.4)9860 (40.6)212620 (34.4)
 Females218180 (53.0)12141 (51.6)84640 (68.9)15572 (53.0)39443 (53.7)20394 (68.6)14423 (59.4)404793 (65.6)
Total314141 (100.0)23507 (100.0)122892 (100.0)29407 (100.0)73435 (100.0)29748 (100.0)24283 (100.0)617413 (100.0)

Comorbid history
 Congestive heart failure3206 (1.0)324 (1.4)5260 (4.3)2050 (7.0)3772 (5.1)2002 (6.7)1391 (5.7)18005 (2.9)
 Hypertension87325 (27.8)9073 (38.6)46765 (38.1)15713 (53.4)37236 (50.7)13241 (44.5)12235 (50.4)221588 (35.9)
 Diabetes mellitus20671 (6.6)2232 (9.5)14853 (12.1)5733 (19.5)11379 (15.5)4048 (13.6)4297 (17.7)63213 (10.2)
 Stroke4727 (1.5)488 (2.1)4470 (3.6)1697 (5.8)3173 (4.3)1268 (4.3)833 (3.4)16656 (2.7)
 Ischemic stroke2224 (0.7)283 (1.2)3073 (2.5)1326 (4.5)2191 (3.0)1030 (3.5)528 (2.2)10655 (1.7)
 Transient ischemic attack2806 (0.9)283 (1.2)1646 (1.3)537 (1.8)1160 (1.6)264 (0.9)322 (1.3)6970 (1.1)
 Thromboembolic events349 (0.1)48 (0.2)486 (0.4)147 (0.5)363 (0.5)37 (0.1)97 (0.4)1525 (0.2)
 Vascular disease8407 (2.7)968 (4.1)7736 (6.3)2879 (9.8)5980 (8.1)1614 (5.4)2066 (8.5)29650 (4.8)
 Myocardial infarction3072 (1.0)372 (1.6)3031 (2.5)876 (3.0)2651 (3.6)311 (1.0)671 (2.8)10984 (1.8)
 Peripheral artery disease5628 (1.8)639 (2.7)5321 (4.3)2201 (7.5)3771 (5.1)1357 (4.6)1499 (6.2)20416 (3.3)
 Valvular disease8426 (2.7)875 (3.7)4858 (4.0)1432 (4.9)3932 (5.4)424 (1.4)1181 (4.9)21128 (3.4)
 Coronary artery disease6731 (2.1)866 (3.7)7305 (5.9)2262 (7.7)5749 (7.8)1730 (5.8)2374 (9.8)27017 (4.4)
 Chronic sleep apnea4765 (1.5)508 (2.2)2189 (1.8)904 (3.1)1959 (2.7)154 (0.5)507 (2.1)10986 (1.8)
 Chronic kidney disease4014 (1.3)491 (2.1)5831 (4.7)2291 (7.8)4129 (5.6)1944 (6.5)2131 (8.8)20831 (3.4)
 Chronic pulmonary obstructive disease /bronchiectasis27511 (8.8)2206 (9.4)16719 (13.6)5983 (20.3)15918 (21.7)2824 (9.5)4357 (17.9)75518 (12.2)
 Major bleeding17127 (5.5)1535 (6.5)7656 (6.2)2391 (8.1)5637 (7.7)771 (2.6)1319 (5.4)36436 (5.9)
 Cognitive impairment703 (0.2)105 (0.4)1594 (1.3)638 (2.2)928 (1.3)1575 (5.3)398 (1.6)5941 (1.0)
 Liver disease27587 (8.8)2386 (10.2)11440 (9.3)4460 (15.2)9131 (12.4)723 (2.4)1961 (8.1)57688 (9.3)
 Anemia43835 (14.0)4015 (17.1)19387 (15.8)5808 (19.8)11646 (15.9)2437 (8.2)3291 (13.6)90419 (14.6)
 Depression57261 (18.2)3012 (12.8)23725 (19.3)8273 (28.1)18782 (25.6)2416 (8.1)5074 (20.9)118543 (19.2)
 Lipid disorders74824 (23.8)8651 (36.8)33194 (27.0)12376 (42.1)27014 (36.8)5235 (17.6)9062 (37.3)170356 (27.6)
 Spondylosis and intervertebral discs117952 (37.5)8774 (37.3)43662 (35.5)11965 (40.7)31565 (43.0)3450 (11.6)8509 (35.0)225877 (36.6)
 Osteoarthritis27353 (8.7)2936 (12.5)17253 (14.0)6028 (20.5)13877 (18.9)3601 (12.1)4529 (18.7)75577 (12.2)
 Hyperthyroidism4122 (1.3)377 (1.6)1443 (1.2)409 (1.4)915 (1.2)76 (0.3)202 (0.8)7544 (1.2)
 Metabolic syndrome1818 (0.6)166 (0.7)568 (0.5)263 (0.9)534 (0.7)35 (0.1)111 (0.5)3495 (0.6)
 Asthma35210 (11.2)3099 (13.2)15373 (12.5)4909 (16.7)12475 (17.0)932 (3.1)2636 (10.9)74634 (12.1)