posted on 2015-11-05, 03:33authored byYasuhiro Hamatani, Yugo Yamashita, Masahiro Esato, Yeong-Hwa Chun, Hikari Tsuji, Hiromichi Wada, Koji Hasegawa, Mitsuru Abe, Gregory Y. H. Lip, Masaharu Akao
<p>Categorial data are presented as number (%). Continuous data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. OAC: oral anticoagulants, BMI: body mass index, SE: systemic embolism, TIA: transient ischemic attack, COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.</p><p>Comparison of baseline characteristics and co-morbidities between patients with and without OAC at baseline.</p>