Thyrotoxic Atrial Fibrillation: Factors Associated with Persistence and Risk of Ischemic Stroke

Table 4

Comparison of clinical characteristics in patients who did not have a stroke and patients who had sustained an ischemic stroke.

	No stroke	Ischemic stroke	value
	117	16
Age	62 (16)	71 (11)	0.023
-VASc score	2.3 (1.7)	2.9 (1.7)	0.185
FT4 (xULN)	2.22 (1.00)	2.00 (0.94)	0.407
Persistent AF	37 (31.6%)	7 (43.8%)	0.327
LA size	3.59 (0.82) ()	3.41 (0.71) ()	0.453
Warfarin or DOAC	10 (8.5%)	2 (12.5%)	0.638

Note: : number of subjects; fT4: free thyroxine level; AF: atrial fibrillation; LA: left atrial; DOAC: direct oral anticoagulant. Values are in (%) or mean (SD); .