Reason for hospitalisation stratified by presence of AF (AF n = 238, non-AF n = 387) | Incidence of hospitalisation per 100 patient years for this reason | Median (25th to 75th percentile) days per hospitalisation for this reason | Sum of hospitalisations for this reason | Percentage of all hospitalisations | Sum of days hospitalized for this reason | Percentage of days hospitalized | ||||||
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AF | non-AF | AF | non-AF | AF | non-AF | AF | non-AF | AF | non-AF | AF | non-AF | |
All-cause hospitalisation | 186.5 | 153.0 | 8.8 (5.7–13.3) | 7.2 (4.6–12.6) | 998 | 1335 | 100 | 100 | 10,668 | 14,253 | 100 | 100 |
VA complication/ intervention | 19.8 | 19.0 | 3.5 (2.0–5.0) | 3.8 (2.7-6.0) | 106 | 166 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 472 | 866 | 4.4 | 6.1 |
Infection/fever | 22.8 | 16.6 | 11.0 (6.3–15.7) | 9.0 (6.0-14.5) | 122 | 145 | 12.2 | 10.9 | 1685 | 2050 | 15.8 | 14.4 |
PAD/amputation | 17.9 | 10.0 | 11.0 (3.6–29.3) | 10.0 (5.0-22.9) | 96 | 87 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 1811 | 1515 | 17.0 | 10.7 |
Dyspnoea/COPD | 13.5 | 8.5 | 6.0 (3.8–11.3) | 8.0 (4.3–12.2) | 72 | 74 | 7.2 | 5.5 | 625 | 668 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
Fall/fracture/ trauma | 12.0 | 8.9 | 8.0 (4.5–21.5) | 9.5 (4.0–21.0) | 64 | 78 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 925 | 1185 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
Planned hospitalisation | 11.2 | 9.3 | 3.0 (2.0–4.0) | 3.0 (2.0–4.0) | 60 | 81 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 238 | 267 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
Bleeding | 10.8 | 9.3 | 7.0 (4.0–15.0) | 6.0 (4.0–19.0) | 58 | 81 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 626 | 1021 | 5.9 | 7.2 |
Cardiac event | 8.6 | 9.1 | 9.0 (3.5–19.0) | 6.0 (3.2–12.8) | 46 | 79 | 4.6 | 5.9 | 635 | 1094 | 6.0 | 7.4 |
VA thrombosis | 7.1 | 9.1 | 7.0 (4.0-9.5) | 5.0 (3.0-8.1) | 38 | 79 | 3.8 | 5.9 | 313 | 550 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
Arrhythmia | 11.2 | 1.9 | 6.3 (3.0-11.6) | 13.0 (4.5–28.0) | 60 | 17 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 525 | 340 | 4.9 | 2.4 |
Oncological reason | 4.7 | 4.0 | 5.5 (2.0-13.3) | 6.5 (3.8–11.8) | 25 | 35 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 229 | 262 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
VA infection | 3.6 | 3.4 | 10.0 (5.0-15.5) | 11.0 (8.0-15.5) | 19 | 30 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 320 | 463 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Stroke/TIA | 2.8 | 1.7 | 9.0 (6.0–25.0) | 16.0 (6.0–25.0) | 15 | 15 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 230 | 244 | 2.2 | 1.7 |
VTE | 0.6 | 0.3 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 35 | 28 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
Other reasons | 40.0 | 41.8 | 7.5 (4.0–12.0) | 7.0 (4.0-12.1) | 214 | 365 | 21.4 | 27.3 | 1999 | 3700 | 18.7 | 26.0 |