Number of events Person years
Event rate (1000 person-years)
Number of events Person years
Event rate (1000 person-years)
Absolute increase in event rate (95% CI) Adjusted hazard ratio (95% CI) *
p-value
Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching Before propensity score matching
Pacemaker implantation No-AF (N= 289,432) No-AF (N= 289,432) No-AF (N= 289,432) AF (N= 12,797) AF (N= 12,797) AF (N= 12,797)
358 1,805,810 0.2 107 36,536 2.9 2.7 (2.6-2.9) 9.4 (7.5-11.8) <0.001
Pacemaker implantation for SSS No-AF (N= 289,432) No-AF (N= 289,432) No-AF (N= 289,432) AF (N= 12,797) AF (N= 12,797) AF (N= 12,797)
93 1,805,810 0.1 49 36,536 1.3 1.3 (1.2-1.4) 17.9 (12.3-26.2) <0.001
Pacemaker implantation for AV block No-AF (N= 289,432) No-AF (N= 289,432) No-AF (N= 289,432) AF (N= 12,797) AF (N= 12,797) AF (N= 12,797)
259 1,805,810 0.1 45 36,536 1.2 5.2 (3.8-7.3) 13.9 (11.0-17.4) <0.001
After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching After propensity score matching
Pacemaker implantation No-AF (N= 11,759) No-AF (N= 11,759) No-AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759)
16 109,741 0.1 98 33,403 2.9 2.8 (2.4-3.1) 15.2 (9.1-25.6) <0.001
Pacemaker implantation for SSS No-AF (N= 11,759) No-AF (N= 11,759) No-AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759)
5 109,741 0.05 45 33,403 1.3 1.3 (1.1-1.5) 21.8 (8.7-54.5) <0.001
Pacemaker implantation for block No-AF (N= 11,759) No-AF (N= 11,759) No-AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759) AF (N= 11,759)
11 109,741 0.1 42 33,403 1.3 4.4 (3.9-4.9) 9.5 (4.9-18.4) <0.001