Table 5 Patient characteristics in the test dataset.

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

 

Uplift score ≥ 0.0124

Uplift score < 0.0124

P-value

n

116

132

 

Age

68.00 [59.75, 73.00]

66.00 [59.00, 70.00]

0.393

Female sex

37 (31.9)

17 (12.9)

< 0.001

Body mass index

24.17 [22.29, 25.76]

24.45 [22.30, 27.15]

0.305

Family history of atrial fibrillation

6 (5.2)

7 (5.3)

> 0.999

Long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

35 (30.2)

33 (25.0)

0.394

Hypertension

75 (64.7)

78 (59.1)

0.432

Diabetes mellitus

20 (17.2)

24 (18.2)

0.869

Dyslipidemia

48 (41.4)

58 (43.9)

0.701

Smoking history

41 (35.3)

101 (76.5)

< 0.001

Heart failure

24 (20.7)

17 (12.9)

0.123

Dilated cardiomyopathy

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

NA

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

2 (1.7)

3 (2.3)

> 0.999

Sick sinus syndrome

3 (2.6)

0 (0.0)

0.101

Stroke or systemic thromboembolism

9 (7.8)

7 (5.3)

0.451

Sleep apnea syndrome

3 (2.6)

21 (15.9)

< 0.001

Thyroid disease

4 (3.4)

7 (5.3)

0.549

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

6 (5.2)

5 (3.8)

0.759

Liver disease

2 (1.7)

7 (5.3)

0.180

History of use of anti-arrhythmic drug

22 19.0)

34 (25.8)

0.225

Hemoglobin

14.40 [13.40, 15.10]

15.20 [14.38, 16.00]

< 0.001

Brain type natriuretic peptide

138.15 [90.62, 178.90]

152.90 [103.20, 252.50]

0.017

Creatinine

0.85 [0.75, 1.05]

0.90 [0.82, 0.98]

0.199

C-reactive protein

0.10 [0.06, 0.19]

0.10 [0.06, 0.20]

0.488

Left ventricular ejection fraction

63.87 [56.63, 71.16]

63.27 [58.98, 68.69]

0.950

Left atrial diameter

44.00 [39.00, 46.40]

42.45 [39.58, 45.00]

0.063

Mitral regurgitation

5 (4.3)

1 (0.8)

0.101

Recurrence of atrial fibrillation

31 (23.5)

36 (31.0)

0.199