Journal of Interventional Cardiology / 2022 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Sex Differences and Temporal Trends in Hospitalization for Catheter Ablation of Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation: A Single-Center Experience for 15 Years Table 1 Baseline characteristics of AF patients by gender.
Characteristics Women (n = 6713) Men (n = 13502) valueAge, median (IQR), y 64 (58–70) 59 (51–66) <0.001 <65, n (%) 3373 (50.25) 9517 (70.5) <0.001 65–74, n (%) 2561 (38.15) 3128 (23.2) <0.001 ≥75, n (%) 779 (11.60) 857 (6.3) <0.001 Gender constituent ratio (%) 33.2 66.8 <0.001 Time in-hospital, median (IQR), d 5 (3–7) 5 (3–6) <0.001 Health insurance, n (%) 6353 (94.6) 12744 (94.4) 0.494 Marital status Married, n (%) 6317 (94.1) 13164 (97.5) <0.001 Unmarried/divorced/widowed, n (%) 396 (5.9) 338 (2.5) Hospital deaths, n (%) 2 (0.03) 2 (0.01) 0.476 Paroxysmal AF, n (%) 4632 (69.0%) 7583 (56.2%) <0.001 Persistent AF, n (%) 1645 (24.5%) 4918 (36.4%) <0.001 Previous catheter ablation, n (%) 884 (13.2%) 1764 (13.1%) 0.837 Cryoablation, n (%) 88 (1.3%) 152 (1.1%) 0.252 Comorbidity, n (%) Heart failure 242 (3.6%) 345 (2.6%) <0.001 Hypertension 3899 (58.1%) 6551 (48.5%) <0.001 Diabetes mellitus 1079 (16.1%) 2113 (15.6%) 0.436 Stroke/TIA/TE 415 (6.2%) 866 (6.4%) 0.524 Vascular disease 837 (12.5%) 1814 (13.4%) 0.055 Hyperlipemia 1789 (26.6%) 3316 (24.6%) 0.001 Coronary heart disease 1026 (15.3%) 2100 (15.6%) 0.618 Cardiomyopathy 129 (1.9%) 361 (2.7%) 0.001 HCM 120 (1.8%) 240 (1.8%) 0.959 DCM 7 (0.1%) 86 (0.6%) <0.001 Congenital heart disease 36 (0.5%) 40 (0.3%) 0.009 Hyperthyroidism 90 (1.3%) 129 (1.0%) 0.013 Hypothyroidism 317 (4.7%) 249 (1.8%) <0.001 Malignant tumor 42 (0.6%) 38 (0.3%) <0.001 PAH 24 (0.4%) 29 (0.2%) 0.062 CHA2 DS2 -VA score 1.64 ± 1.33 1.28 ± 1.26 <0.001 Score = 0 1560 (23.2%) 4406 (32.6%) <0.001 Score = 1 1811 (27.0%) 4264 (31.6%) <0.001 Score ≥ 2 3342 (49.8%) 4832 (35.8%) <0.001 CHADS2 score 1.00 ± 0.93 0.85 ± 0.91 <0.001 Score = 0 2204 (32.8%) 5521 (40.9%) <0.001 Score = 1 2814 (41.9%) 5344 (39.6%) 0.001 Score ≥ 2 1695 (25.2%) 2637 (19.5%) <0.001