Table 3 Patient characteristics in three datasets.

From: Uplift modeling to identify patients who require extensive catheter ablation procedures among patients with persistent atrial fibrillation

 

Training dataset used to train models

Training dataset used to plot Qini curves

Test dataset

*P-value

N

124

125

248

 

Age

66.50 [58.00, 72.00]

66.00 [59.00, 73.00]

67.00 [59.00, 72.00]

0.886

Female sex

33 (26.6)

34 (27.2)

54 (21.8)

0.399

Body mass index

23.98 [21.60, 26.82]

24.73 [22.13, 26.71]

24.34 [22.29, 26.46]

0.462

Family history of atrial fibrillation

13 (10.5)

12 (9.6)

13 (5.2)

0.112

Long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

28 (22.6)

28 (22.4)

68 (27.4)

0.468

Hypertension

75 (60.5)

71 (56.8)

153 (61.7)

0.661

Diabetes mellitus

20 (16.1)

21 (16.8)

44 (17.7)

0.951

Dyslipidemia

60 (48.4)

61 (48.8)

106 (42.7)

0.430

Smoking history

83 (66.9)

77 (61.6)

142 (57.3)

0.192

Heart failure

24 (19.4)

27 (21.6)

41 (16.5)

0.465

Dilated cardiomyopathy

0 (0.0)

2 (1.6)

0 (0.0)

0.125

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

1 (0.8)

1 (0.8)

5 (2.0)

0.689

Sick sinus syndrome

2 (1.6)

2 (1.6)

3 (1.2)

1.000

Stroke or systemic thromboembolism

10 (8.1)

13 (10.4)

16 (6.5)

0.408

Sleep apnea syndrome

14 (11.3)

15 (12.0)

24 (9.7)

0.755

Thyroid disease

5 (4.0)

8 (6.4)

11 (4.4)

0.658

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

6 (4.8)

5 (4.0)

11 (4.4)

0.960

Liver disease

14 (11.3)

5 (4.0)

9 (3.6)

0.014

History of use of anti-arrhythmic drug

36 (29.0)

26 (20.8)

56 (22.6)

0.269

Hemoglobin

14.35 [13.47, 15.12]

14.50 [13.70, 15.30]

14.80 [13.80, 15.60]

0.036

Brain type natriuretic peptide

137.95 [87.65, 203.62]

148.75 [100.05, 237.62]

145.90 [99.25, 224.20]

0.465

Creatinine

0.86 [0.76, 1.00]

0.88 [0.78, 0.98]

0.88 [0.80, 1.01]

0.359

C-reactive protein

0.10 [0.06, 0.13]

0.10 [0.07, 0.20]

0.10 [0.06, 0.20]

0.602

Left ventricular ejection fraction

63.49 [59.34, 67.58]

63.27 [56.00, 68.03]

63.69 [57.64, 68.98]

0.654

Left atrial diameter

41.00 [38.00, 44.00]

42.30 [39.95, 46.00]

43.00 [39.00, 46.00]

0.006

Mitral regurgitation

0 (0.0)

4 (3.2)

6 (2.4)

0.145

Recurrence of atrial fibrillation

29 (23.4)

31 (24.8)

67 (27.0)

0.746

  1. *Comparison among three groups.