Research Article

Analysis of Influencing Factors of Compliance with Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulant in Patients with Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation and Correlation with the Severity of Ischemic Stroke

Table 3

Variable assignment for multivariate analysis of influencing compliance with NOACs.

VariableThe assignment

Dependent variable
 Compliance0 = good, 1 = poor
Independent variables
Age<60 years = 0, ≥60 years = 1
Marriage situationMarried = 0, unmarried/widowed = 1
Educational backgroundUniversity or above = 0, middle school/high school = 1, no educational background/primary school = 2
 Place of residenceCities and towns = 0, rural area = 1
 Number of complicationsEnter the actual value
 CHA2DS2-VASc score≥2/3 (male/female) = 0, <2/3 (male/female) = 1
 HAS-BLED score≥3 score = 0, <3 score = 1