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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Barriers to prescribing oral anticoagulants to inpatients aged 80 years and older with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional study

Characteristics

Characteristics of the sample Count (%)/Mean(± SD)

N = 3165

Prevalence within subgroup

Count (%)/Mean(± SD)

P value

No Anticoagulation

N = 2138 (67.6%)

Anticoagulation

N = 1027(32.4%)

Age(years), Mean

85.3(4.3)

85.7(4.5)

84.3(3.5)

 < 0.001

Age(years), N(%)

   

 < 0.001

  80–84

1588(50.2)

977(45.7)

611(59.5)

 

  85–89

1083(34.2)

761(35.6)

322(31.4)

 

  90 + 

494(15.6)

400(18.7)

94(9.2)

 

Sex, N(%)

   

 < 0.001

  Male

1824(57.6)

1301(60.9)

523(50.9)

 

  Female

1341(42.4)

837(39.1)

504(49.1)

 

  CHA2DS2-VASC Score*, Mean

4.1(1.3)

4.1(1.3)

4.2(1.3)

0.006

  CHA2DS2-VASC*, Median

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

0.007

  HAS- BLED Score*, Mean

4(1.2)

4.1(1.3)

3.9(1.1)

 < 0.001

  HAS- BLED Score*, Median

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

4(3–5)

 < 0.001

HAS- BLED Score, N(%)

   

 < 0.001

  HAS- BLED Score < 3

308(9.7)

205(9.6)

103(10)

 

  3 <  = HAS- BLED Score <  = 4

1771(56)

1148(53.7)

623(60.7)

 

  HAS- BLED Score >  = 5

1086(34.3)

785(36.7)

301(29.3)

 

Clinical department, N(%)

   

 < 0.001

  Cardiology

786(24.8)

383(17.9)

403(39.2)

 

  Geriatrics

1129(35.7)

834(39)

295(28.7)

 

  Neurology

311(9.8)

169(7.9)

142(13.8)

 

  Others

939(29.7)

752(35.2)

187(18.2)

 

  Use of antiplatelets, Yes, N(%)

1392(44)

1028(48.1)

364(35.4)

 < 0.001

  ASA, Yes, N(%)

739(23.3)

504(23.6)

235(22.9)

0.7

  Clopidogrel, Yes, N(%)

1014(32)

767(35.9)

247(24.1)

 < 0.001

  CCI*, Mean

1.9(2)

2.1(2.1)

1.6(1.7)

 < 0.001

  CCI*, Median

1(1–3)

2(1–3)

1(0–2)

 < 0.001

CCI

   

 < 0.001

  CCI: 0

687(21.7)

424(19.8)

263(25.6)

 

  CCI: 1–2

1663(52.5)

1096(51.3)

567(55.2)

 

  CCI: 3 + 

815(25.8)

618(28.9)

197(19.2)

 

  Hypertension, Yes, N(%)

2168(68.5)

1460(68.3)

708(68.9)

0.743

  Diabetes, Yes, N(%)

859(27.1)

570(26.7)

289(28.1)

0.404

  Stroke, Yes, N(%)

1065(33.6)

706(33)

359(35)

0.299

  CHD, Yes, N(%)

1393(44)

934(43.7)

459(44.7)

0.62

  Thromboembolic disease, Yes, N(%)

876(27.7)

576(26.9)

300(29.2)

0.196

  Dementia, Yes, N(%)

283(8.9)

229(10.7)

54(5.3)

 < 0.001

Year of hospitalization, N(%)

   

 < 0.001

  2016–2017

722(22.8)

571(26.7)

151(14.7)

 

  2017–2018

826(26.1)

589(27.5)

237(23.1)

 

  2018–2019

851(26.9)

548(25.6)

303(29.5)

 

  2019–2020

766(24.2)

430(20.1)

336(32.7)

 
  1. Data are shown using count (percentage) or mean (standard deviation). P values were calculated with chi-squared tests and Student's t tests for categorical and continuous variables, respectively
  2. * These variables are also presented as medians (interquartile ranges), and their p values were calculated with the Wilcoxon rank sum test