Research Article
Utilization and Predictors of Electrical Cardioversion in Patients Hospitalized for Atrial Fibrillation
Table 1
Demographics, comorbidities, payer status, and hospital data for patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation.
| | | No cardioversion | Cardioversion | value |
| | Demographics | | | | | Age (years) | | | <0.0001 | | ≤40 | 262580 (9.6%) | 1275 (1%) | | | 40–64 | 752172 (27.6%) | 42332 (34.7%) | | | 65–74 | 605721 (22.2%) | 30118 (24.7%) | | | ≥75 | 1108150 (40.6%) | 36644 (30.1%) | | | Sex | | | <0.001 | | Men | 1282442 (46.9%) | 70983 (58.4%) | | | Women | 1453591 (53.1%) | 50611 (41.6%) | | | Race | | | <0.0001 | | White | 2223231 (81.5%) | 105241 (86.4%) | | | Black | 220210 (8.1%) | 7225 (5.9%) | | | Others | 285236 (10.5%) | 9374 (7.7%) | | | Comorbidities | | | | | Hypertension | 1043744 (38.3%) | 49886 (40.9%) | <0.0001 | | Diabetes | 571796 (20.9%) | 21596 (17.8%) | <0.001 | | Congestive heart failure | 403164 (14.7%) | 16330 (13.4%) | 0.0012 | | CHADS2 score | | | <0.0001 | | 0 | 345294 | 14603 | | | 1 | 799072 | 30766 | | | >1 | 1584312 | 76471 | | | Payer status | | | <0.0001 | | Private | 737885 (27.1%) | 45040 (37%) | | | Medicare | 1662845 (61%) | 64805 (53.2%) | | | Medicaid | 173315 (6.4%) | 6175 (5.1%) | | | Others | 151140 (5.5%) | 5660 (4.6%) | | | Hospital type | | | <0.001 | | Teaching center | 1064453 (39.2%) | 57191 (47.1%) | | | Nonteaching center | 1651500 (60.8%) | 64177 (52.9%) | |
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