Postoperative atrial fibrillation in emergent non-cardiac surgery: Risk factors and outcomes from a ten-year intensive-care unit retrospective study

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World J Crit Care Med. Sep 9, 2025; 14(3): 102991
Published online Sep 9, 2025. doi: 10.5492/wjccm.v14.i3.102991

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population, n (%)

Variables of interest	POAF, hx (n = 22)	POAF, no hx (n = 23)	No POAF, hx (n = 35)	No POAF, no hx (n = 267)	Overall (n = 347)	P value
Demographics
Age, mean (SD)	76.7 (9.4)	79.6 (9.1)	76.1 (10.7)	68.1 (14.8)	70.2 (14.3)	< 0.001
Male	14 (63.6)	10 (43.5)	21 (60)	130 (48.7)	175 (50.4)	0.316
BMI, mean, (SD)	29.3 (8.7)	27.1 (4.5)	26.9 (6.9)	26.8 (7.4)	27.0 (7.3)	0.405
Race						0.001
Asian	3 (13.6)	4 (17.4)	5 (14.3)	51 (19.1)	63 (18.2)
Black	2 (9.1)	5 (21.7)	6 (17.1)	58 (21.7)	71 (20.5)
Hispanic	0 (0.0)	1 (4.3)	3 (8.6)	63 (23.6)	67 (19.3)
White	16 (72.7)	11 (47.8)	17 (48.6)	77 (28.8)	121 (34.9)
Comorbidities
Hypertension	19 (86.4)	20 (87.0)	32 (91.4)	190 (71.2)	261 (75.2)	0.014
Diabetes mellitus	9 (40.9)	8 (34.8)	16 (45.7)	125 (46.8)	158 (45.5)	0.706
Congestive heart failure	4 (18.2)	2 (8.7)	12 (34.3)	31 (11.6)	49 (14.1)	0.006
Stroke/transient ischemic attack history	2 (9.1)	2 (8.7)	13 (37.1)	34 (12.7)	51 (14.7)	0.004
Coronary artery disease	8 (36.4)	3 (13.0)	12 (34.3)	44 (16.5)	67 (19.3)	0.013
Hyperlipidemia	9 (40.9)	7 (30.4)	16 (45.7)	78 (29.2)	110 (31.7)	0.179
Chronic kidney disease	4 (18.2)	1 (4.3)	6 (17.1)	39 (14.6)	50 (14.4)	0.483
Cancer	2 (9.1)	6 (26.1)	5 (14.3)	62 (23.2)	75 (21.6)	0.296

POAF: Postoperative atrial fibrillation; hx: History; BMI: Body mass index.

Citation: Giannis D, Zhao R, Fernandez L, Nikolov N, Sneed C, Kiarie P, Miele A, Louis MA, Mandava NR. Postoperative atrial fibrillation in emergent non-cardiac surgery: Risk factors and outcomes from a ten-year intensive-care unit retrospective study. World J Crit Care Med 2025; 14(3): 102991
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3141/full/v14/i3/102991.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v14.i3.102991