Mortality and morbidity in patients with atrial fibrillation and liver cirrhosis

Table 2 Characteristics of propensity matched hepatic cirrhosis patients stratified by presence of atrial fibrillation among 2003-2014

Characteristic	Non-AF (n = 45504)	AF (n = 45504)	P value
Age (mean ± SD, yr)	65 ± 11	65 ± 11	0.827
Female, n (%)	9174 (20.2)	9221 (20.3)	0.703
Race, n (%)			0.561
Caucasian	34548 (75.9)	34633 (76.1)
African American	4314 (9.5)	4179 (9.2)
Hispanic	4644 (10.2)	4692 (10.3)
Medical comorbidity, n (%)
Hypertension	23142 (50.9)	22972 (50.5)	0.251
Diabetes mellitus	12456 (27.4)	12229 (26.9)	0.091
Prior sternotomy	2610 (5.7)	2843 (6.2)	0.07
Chronic pulmonary disease	14165 (31.1)	14051 (30.9)	0.404
Chronic renal failure	9595 (21.1)	9751 (21.4)	0.192
Anemia	13623 (29.9)	13690 (30.1)	0.634
Chronic alcohol use	29054 (63.8)	29060 (63.9)	0.972
Hypothyroidism	4456 (9.8)	4603 (10.1)	0.103
Peripheral vascular disease	3420 (7.5)	3463 (7.6)	0.592
Smoking	8264 (18.2)	8405 (18.5)	0.222
Coronary artery disease	6893 (15.1)	6898 (15.2)	0.969
Hospital characteristic, n (%)
Teaching hospital	22061 (48.5)	22129 (48.6)	0.567
Rural area	41154 (90.4)	41141 (90.4)	0.893
Hospital bed-size			0.253
Small	6062 (13.3)	5871 (12.9)
Medium	11469 (25.2)	11569 (25.4)
Large	27973 (61.5)	28064 (61.7)
Primary payer, n (%)			0.052
Medicare/ Medicaid	33277 (73.1)	33138 (72.8)
Private including HMO	8389 (18.4)	8270 (18.2)
Self-pay	2101 (4.6)	2287 (5)

AF: Atrial fibrillation; HMO: Health maintenance organization.