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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Anticoagulant use for the prevention of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation: findings from a multi-payer analysis

 

IMS

MarketScan Commercial

MarketScan Medicare

Optum

Medicaid

All patients, N

30,757

21,976

38,643

9,120

4,901

Demographic characteristics

     

Males (%)

69%

67%

53%

64%

39%

Average age (years)

     

All

71.23

56.15

79.74

63.48

66.81

Female

73.95

55.92

81.03

65.30

69.14

Male

69.19

56.27

78.59

62.48

63.25

Comorbidities (%)

     

Hypertension

62%

48%

60%

63%

69%

Diabetes

24%

22%

26%

25%

39%

Heart failure

26%

12%

28%

20%

33%

Acute myocardial infarction

6%

2%

3%

3%

3%

Coronary heart disease

34%

20%

35%

29%

39%

Other arrhythmias

26%

20%

26%

26%

24%