Table 2 Patient characteristics and outcomes in the training dataset used to plot Qini curves.

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

 

PVI-alone

PVI-plus

P-value

N

62

63

 

Age

66.00 [59.00, 72.75]

67.00 [60.00, 73.00]

0.711

Female sex

16 (25.8)

18 (28.6)

0.841

Body mass index

24.71 [22.24, 27.03]

24.77 [21.68, 26.40]

0.853

Family history of atrial fibrillation

5 (8.1)

7 (11.1)

0.763

Long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation

11 (17.7)

17 (27.0)

0.284

Hypertension

34 (54.8)

37 (58.7)

0.720

Diabetes mellitus

11 (17.7)

10 (15.9)

0.815

Dyslipidemia

32 (51.6)

29 (46.0)

0.593

Smoking history

39 (62.9)

38 (60.3)

0.855

Heart failure

13 (21.0)

14 (22.2)

> 0.999

Dilated cardiomyopathy

2 (3.2)

0 (0.0)

0.244

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

0 (0.0)

1 (1.6)

> 0.999

Sick sinus syndrome

1 (1.6)

1 (1.6)

> 0.999

Stroke or systemic thromboembolism

4 (6.5)

9 (14.3)

0.241

Sleep apnea syndrome

9 (14.5)

6 (9.5)

0.423

Thyroid disease

2 (3.2)

6 (9.5)

0.273

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

3 (4.8)

2 (3.2)

0.680

Liver disease

2 (3.2)

3 (4.8)

> 0.999

History of use of anti-arrhythmic drug

13 (21.0)

13 (20.6)

> 0.999

Hemoglobin

14.80 [14.03, 15.60]

14.20 [13.45, 14.90]

0.003

Brain type natriuretic peptide

132.20 [91.50, 208.10]

162.30 [104.70, 239.00]

0.258

Creatinine

0.89 [0.79, 0.99]

0.88 [0.76, 0.96]

0.582

C-reactive protein

0.10 [0.07, 0.19]

0.10 [0.07, 0.19]

0.924

Left ventricular ejection fraction

62.39 [55.04, 67.48]

64.04 [56.61, 68.61]

0.498

Left atrial diameter

41.60 [40.00, 44.20]

43.20 [39.90, 47.00]

0.104

Mitral regurgitation

0 (0.0)

4 (6.3)

0.119

Recurrence of atrial fibrillation

19 (30.6)

12 (19.0)

0.151