Association between Embolic Stroke Patterns, ESUS Etiology, and New Diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation: A Secondary Data Analysis of the Find-AF Trial

Table 1

Baseline characteristics ().

	No-ESUS and no new AF ()	New AF ()	ESUS ()	value
Age (years, IQR)	70 (60–78)	77 (69–82)	74 (58–79)	0.137
Sex (male, %)	48 (65.8)	13 (46.4)	11 (42.3)	0.157
Arterial hypertension (, %)	57 (78.1)	18 (64.3)	17 (65.4)	0.816
Diabetes mellitus (, %)	19 (26)	9 (32.1)	6 (23.1)	0.434
Hyperlipidemia (, %)	24 (32.9)	9 (32.1)	9 (34.6)	0.807
Smoking (, %)	24 (32.9)	6 (21.4)	3 (11.5)	0.122
Heart failure (, %)	6 (8.2)	2 (7.1)	0 (0)	0.346
Coronary artery disease (, %)	9 (12.3)	9 (32.1)	2 (7.7)	0.019
Peripheral artery disease (, %)	1 (1.4)	2 (7.1)	1 (3.8)	0.221
History of ischemic stroke (, %)	18 (24.7)	3 (10.7)	6 (23.1)	0.254

ESUS: embolic stroke of undetermined source; AF: atrial fibrillation; IQR: interquartile range; or Pearson test as appropriate.