Predictors of new-onset AF after acute PE in univariate and multivariate model
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||
| OR (95% CI) | P value | OR (95% CI) | P value | |
| Age | 1.03 (1.01 to 1.05) | 0.011 | 1.02 (1.00 to 1.04) | 0.053 |
| Cerebral infarction | 2.00 (1.00 to 3.99) | 0.049 | 1.95 (0.92 to 4.11) | 0.08 |
| Chronic cor pulmonale | 2.63 (0.95 to 7.32) | 0.06 | ||
| Congestive heart failure | 4.15 (2.33 to 7.39) | <0.001 | 3.33 (1.81 to 6.12) | <0.001 |
| COPD | 1.85 (0.78 to 4.35) | 0.16 | ||
| Diabetes | 2.28 (0.83 to 6.25) | 0.11 | ||
| Ischaemic heart disease | 3.72 (1.97 to 7.01) | <0.001 | 3.25 (1.65 to 6.39) | <0.001 |
| Malignancy | 0.99 (0.41 to 2.42) | 0.99 | ||
| Massive PE | 3.12 (1.47 to 6.83) | 0.003 | 2.67 (1.19 to 5.99) | 0.017 |
| Submassive PE | 0.79 (0.37 to 1.69) | 0.54 | 0.81 (0.37 to 1.79) | 0.61 |
| Pulmonary artery hypertension | 0.97 (0.37 to 2.55) | 0.95 | ||
| Pulmonary infection | 1.81 (1.02 to 3.20) | 0.042 | ||
| Septicaemia | 1.81 (0.81 to 4.06) | 0.15 | ||
| History of VTE | 0.26 (0.11 to 0.61) | 0.002 | ||
| sPESI | 1.55 (0.83 to 2.88) | 0.17 | ||
AF, atrial fibrillation; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PE, pulmonary embolism; sPESI, Simplified Pulmonary Embolism Severity Index; VTE, venous thromboembolism.