Table 1 Baseline characteristics of AF-patients categorized into quartiles based on the AFEQT score at baseline

Total*

239 (24.6%)

238 (24.5%)

248 (25.6%)

245 (25.3%)

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Gender

Man

108 (45.2%)

136 (57.1%)

141 (56.9%)

175 (71.4%)

Woman

131 (54.8%)

102 (42.9%)

107 (43.1%)

70 (28.6%)

< 0.001

Age

mean (SD)

70.0 (10.4)

69.7 (9.7)

69.1 (9.6)

69.1 (9.1)

0.667

Type of AF

Paroxysmal

132 (62.9%)

156 (74.6%)

163 (73.1%)

140 (66.0%)

Persistent

78 (37.1%)

53 (25.4%)

60 (26.9%)

72 (34.0%)

0.024

CHA₂DS₂-VASc score (T0)

0–1

54 (22.6%)

52 (22.3%)

66 (26.8%)

79 (32.5%)

2+

185 (77.4%)

181 (77.7%)

180 (73.2%)

164 (67.5%)

0.037

HAS-BLED (T0)

0–1

104 (51.0%)

120 (62.8%)

120 (60.0%)

117 (59.1%)

2+

100 (49.0%)

71 (37.2%)

80 (40.0%)

81 (40.9%)

0.095

OSAS

No

225 (94.1%)

229 (96.2%)

232 (93.9%)

233 (95.1%)

Yes

14 (5.9%)

9 (3.8%)

15 (6.1%)

12 (4.9%)

0.656

Diabetes mellitus

No

202 (84.5%)

203 (85.3%)

217 (87.5%)

215 (87.8%)

Yes

37 (15.5%)

35 (14.7%)

31 (12.5%)

30 (12.2%)

0.663

BMI^a

< 25

55 (26.1%)

68 (33.7%)

66 (32.8%)

70 (34.3%)

≥ 25

156 (73.9%)

134 (66.3%)

135 (67.2%)

134 (65.7%)

0.239

Hypertension

No

97 (40.6%)

103 (43.3%)

105 (42.3%)

122 (49.8%)

Yes

142 (59.4%)

135 (56.7%)

143 (57.7%)

123 (50.2%)

0.187

Heart failure

No

221 (92.5%)

229 (96.2%)

243 (98.0%)

240 (98.4%)

Yes

18 (7.5%)

9 (3.8%)

5 (2.0%)

4 (1.6%)

0.002

Malignancy

No

209 (87.4%)

210 (88.6%)

222 (89.5%)

214 (87.7%)

Yes

30 (12.6%)

27 (11.4%)

26 (10.5%)

30 (12.3%)

0.890

Chronic lung disease

No

207 (87.3%)

212 (89.1%)

229 (26.2%)

227 (93.0%)

Yes

30 (12.7%)

26 (10.9%)

19 (7.7%)

17 (7.0%)

0.107

EHRA at baseline

Mean (SD)

2.29 (0.90)

1.85 (0.83)

1.69 (0.80)

1.42 (0.65)

< 0.001

Location of diagnosis

General practitioner

79 (33.6%)

62 (26.3%)

79 (32.1%)

78 (31.8%)

Hospital

156 (66.4%)

174 (73.7%)

167 (67.9%)

167 (68.2%)

0.328