SATELLITE patient characteristics by self-reported understanding of atrial fibrillation stroke risk at baseline
| All | High understanding | Neutral or low understanding | ||
| n=988 | n=862 | n=126 | p Value | |
| Demographics (n (%)) | ||||
| Age, median (IQR) | 68.0 (61.0–76.0) | 68.0 (60.0–76.0) | 70.0 (63.0–78.0) | 0.0202 |
| Male | 572 (57.9) | 497 (57.7) | 75 (59.5) | 0.6919 |
| College graduate | 336 (34.0) | 300 (34.8) | 36 (28.6) | 0.0003 |
| Risk factors (n (%)) | ||||
| Congestive heart failure | 208 (21.1) | 175 (20.3) | 33 (26.2) | 0.1301 |
| Stroke | 44 (4.5) | 42 (4.9) | 2 (1.6) | 0.0951 |
| Prior MI | 98 (9.9) | 89 (10.3) | 9 (7.1) | 0.2646 |
| Hypertension | 738 (74.7) | 640 (74.2) | 98 (77.8) | 0.3946 |
| Diabetes | 258 (26.1) | 218 (25.3) | 40 (31.7) | 0.1235 |
| COPD | 115 (11.6) | 94 (10.9) | 21 (16.7) | 0.0597 |
| Smoker | 493 (49.9) | 425 (49.3) | 68 (54.0) | 0.3283 |
| Obstructive sleep apnoea | 180 (18.2) | 160 (18.6) | 20 (15.9) | 0.4655 |
| Any prior cardioversions | 212 (21.5) | 194 (22.5) | 18 (14.3) | 0.0359 |
| CHA₂DS₂-VASc score (n (%)) | ||||
| Low: 0 | 53 (5.4%) | 48 (5.6%) | 5 (4.0%) | 0.3258 |
| Medium: 1 | 143 (14.5%) | 127 (14.7%) | 16 (12.7%) | – |
| High: 2+ | 792 (80.2) | 687 (79.7%) | 105 (83.3%) | – |
| ORBIT (n (%)) | ||||
| Low: 0–2 | 701 (71.0) | 625 (72.5) | 76 (60.3) | 0.0084 |
| Moderate: 3 | 113 (11.4) | 90 (10.4) | 23 (18.3) | – |
| High: >3 | 109 (11.0) | 92 (10.7) | 17 (13.5) | – |
| ATRIA score (n (%)) | ||||
| 0 | 156 (15.8) | 141 (16.4) | 15 (11.9) | 0.0152 |
| 1 | 381 (38.6) | 340 (39.4) | 41 (32.5) | – |
| 2 | 53 (5.4) | 46 (5.3) | 7 (5.6) | – |
| ≥3 | 398 (40.3) | 335 (38.9) | 63 (50.0) | – |
‘High Understanding’ of stroke risk was defined a response of Somewhat or Strongly agree to the question ‘The major risk of atrial fibrillation is stroke’.
ATRIA, Anticoagulation and Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI, myocardial infarction; ORBIT, Outcomes Registry for Better Informed Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation.