Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Methodol. Dec 20, 2025; 15(4): 105053
Published online Dec 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i4.105053
Table 2 Characteristics of patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatogram in hospital: Atrial fibrillation vs no-atrial fibrillation, n (%)
Variable
With AF: 49615
Without AF: 383630
P value
Female22475 (45.30)226380 (59.01)< 0.01
Mean age in years76.4057.70< 0.01
Insurance provider< 0.01
Medicare41910 (84.47)167032 (43.54)
Medicaid1677 (3.38)64641 (16.85)
Private5596 (11.28)129475 (33.75)
Uninsured432 (0.87)22482 (5.86)
Charlson comorbidity index< 0.01
07482 (15.08)161239 (42.03)
19015 (18.17)80370 (20.95)
29104 (18.35)47071 (12.27)
3 or more24014 (48.40)94950 (24.75)
Median income in patient zip code< 0.01
$1–$3899911987 (24.16)109603 (28.57)
$39000–$4799913639 (27.49)101048 (26.34)
$48000–$6299912503 (25.2)94910 (24.74)
$6300011486 (23.15)78069 (20.35)
Hospital region< 0.01
Northwest10141 (20.44)64718 (16.87)
Midwest11958 (24.10)84206 (21.95)
South17494 (35.26)147314 (38.40)
West10022 (20.20)87392 (22.78)
Hospital location0.05
Rural2128 (4.29)18145 (4.73)
Urban47487 (95.71)365485 (95.27)
Hospital size< 0.05
Small7124 (14.36)59424 (15.49)
Medium13922 (28.06)106073 (27.65)
Large28569 (57.58)218133 (56.86)
Teaching hospital35772 (72.10)275446 (71.80)0.59
Race< 0.01
White41309 (83.26)249282 (64.98)
Black2575 (5.19)38516 (10.04)
Hispanic2789 (5.62)64526 (16.82)
Asian or Pacific Islander1567 (3.16)14654 (3.82)
Native American264 (0.53)3302 (0.86)
Other1111 (2.24)13350 (3.48)
Weekend admission11932 (24.05)90306 (23.54)0.27

  • Citation: Bangolo AI, Donepudi RC, Nagesh VK, Sandrugu J, Kianifar Aguilar I, Sarraf R, Suliman S, Wadhwani N, Espinoza CEA, Tran HHV, Levy C, Alqinai B, Rambaransingh A, Adibeig M, Ghosal A, Siddiqui G, Bhandari N, Kotnani S, Akrama AA, Thota A, Gill H, Aziz R, Lee CH, Abbisetty SD, Bhangu S, Randhawa K, Habib Z, Khan SA, Lee CYF, Sanoh M, Jacobson K, Lo A, Weissman S. Impact of atrial fibrillation in hospitalized patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography: A nationwide analysis. World J Methodol 2025; 15(4): 105053
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