A predictive study of multivariate factors affecting goal attainment of INR after anticoagulation in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Abstract

Background: Non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) is a common type of AF, and patients with NVAF have a higher risk of ischemic stroke than non-AF patients. This study aims to investigate the goal attainment of international normalized ratio (INR) in patients with NVAF after anticoagulation therapy, and to analyze the risk factors that affect the goal attainment of INR. Methods: NVAF patients who were admitted to our hospital from December 2019 to December 2020 and received anticoagulation therapy were selected as the research subjects. The INR goal attainment of patients was assessed, the risk factors affecting INR goal attainment were analyzed, and a ROC curve was drawn to evaluate the predictive value of risk factors for INR goal attainment in NVAF patients. Results: After anticoagulation treatment, the INR of 42 cases reached the target (INR value ≥0.2, the goal attainment group), and the INR of 74 cases did not reach the target (INR value <2.0, the non-goal attainment group). The age, mean platelet volume (MPV), platelet distribution width (PDW), and largeplatelet ratio (P-LCR) levels of patients in the goal attainment group were significantly lower than those in the non-goal attainment group, and the platelet count (PLT) level was higher than that of the non-goal attainment group (P<0.05). The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that MPV, PDW, and P-LCR were independent risk factors that affected the failure in INR goal attainment in patients with NVAF after anticoagulation therapy. The ROC curve showed that the AUC values of MPV, PDW, and P-LCR were 0.711, 0.748, 0.867, respectively, and the combined AUC was 0.876, which was higher than that of the single detection.Conclusions: MPV, PDW, and P-LCR are important factors that affect the goal attainment of INR after anticoagulant therapy in NVAF patients. For patients with risk factors, clinicians can formulate a reasonable individualized anticoagulant drug regimen based on the above-mentioned index levels.