Research Article

Using a Clinical Decision Support System to Improve Anticoagulation in Patients with Nonvalve Atrial Fibrillation in China’s Primary Care Settings: A Feasibility Study

Table 3

Basic demographics of subjects lost to follow-up.

Completed follow-up(n = 84)Loss to follow-up (n = 22)Total (n = 106)2/t

Group, n (%)$0.1190.730
 Software53 (63.1)13 (59.1)66 (62.3)
 Control31 (36.9)9 (40.9)40 (37.7)
Gender, n (%)$0.0000.986
 Male46 (54.8)12 (54.5)58 (54.7)
 Female38 (45.2)10 (45.5)48 (45.3)
Age (y), mean (SD)#75.71 (7.237)75.91 (7.322)75.75 (7.220)−0.1120.911
Hypertension, n (%)$76 (90.5)20 (90.9)96 (90.6)0.0040.951
Heart failure, n (%)$9 (11.3)5 (22.7)14 (13.2)2.1950.138
Diabetes, n (%)$28 (33.3)7 (31.8)35 (34.0)0.0570.811
Stroke/TIA/thromboembolism history, n (%)$16 (20.0)0 (0.0)16 (15.1)4.9350.026
Antiplatelets or NSAIDs, n (%)$28 (35.0)6 (30.0)34 (32.7)0.0820.775
CHA2DS2-VASc score, n (%)$6.0340.012
281 (96.4)18 (81.8)99 (93.4)
 <23 (3.6)4 (18.2)7 (6.6)
HAS-BLED score, n (%)$11.2210.001
345 (53.6)3 (13.6)48 (45.3)
 <339 (46.4)19 (86.4)58 (54.7)

Note. $Chi-square test; #Two-tailed unpaired student’s t-test. Values in bold were statistically significant.