Impact of age on the management and prognosis of esophageal fistula after atrial fibrillation ablation-a subanalysis of the worldwide POTTER-AF study.

Front Cardiovasc Med · 2025 · PMC12932516 · PMID 41756165

Europe PMC DOI

hedged sentences

0.0780

closest p · 1.6× alpha

0.0780

boldest claim

The sentences

a clear trendp = 0.078so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

A clear trend toward a higher fatality was noted in the older population (72.9% vs. 56.6%; p = 0.078).

also in 19,460 other papers

showed a trendno p-value reported

The older patient group showed a trend toward a higher fatality.

also in 53,322 other papers

Quoted from the open-access full text in Europe PMC under the licence the publisher applied. The sentence is reproduced exactly as published; the emphasis is ours.