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
Overall 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)
431 1,819,714 0.2 115 35,086 3.3 3.0 (2.9-3.2) 8.2 (6.5-10.3) <0.001
Censoring HF† No-AF (N= 265,865) No-AF (N= 265,865) No-AF (N= 265,865) AF (N= 10,706) AF (N= 10,706) AF (N= 10,706)
332 1,659,206 0.2 82 29,904 2.7 2.5 (2.4-2.7) 11.4 (8.7-14.9) <0.001
Censoring HF or MI‡ No-AF (N= 260,773) No-AF (N= 260,773) No-AF (N= 260,773) AF (N= 10,342) AF (N= 10,342) AF (N= 10,342)
320 1,630,117 0.2 79 28,920 2.7 2.5 (2.4-2.7) 11.6 (8.9-15.2) <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
Overall 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)
20 112,021 0.2 108 32,113 3.4 3.2 (2.8-3.6) 13.4 (8.4-21.4) <0.001
Censoring HF† No-AF (N= 9,860) No-AF (N= 9,860) No-AF (N= 9,860) AF (N= 9,853) AF (N= 9,853) AF (N= 9,853)
14 91,268 0.2 75 27,378 2.7 2.6 (2.2-3.0) 16.0 (9.2-28.0) <0.001
Censoring HF or MI‡ No-AF (N= 9,568) No-AF (N= 9,568) No-AF (N= 9,568) AF (N= 9,534) AF (N= 9,534) AF (N= 9,534)
13 88,656 0.1 73 26,503 2.8 2.6 (2.2-3.0) 16.6 (9.3-29.7) <0.001