Atrial fibrillation incidence and risk factors in relation to race-ethnicity and the population attributable fraction of atrial fibrillation risk factors: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

We studied incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in the prospective community-based Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Reportedly, non-Hispanic blacks (NHBs) have a lower AF burden compared with their non-Hispanic white (NHW) counterparts. Information on the epidemiology of AF in Hispanic and...

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Published in:	Annals of epidemiology Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 71 - 76.e1
Main Authors:	Rodriguez, Carlos J., Soliman, Elsayed Z., Alonso, Alvaro, Swett, Katrina, Okin, Peter M., Goff, David C., Heckbert, Susan R.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2015
Subjects:	Age Factors Asian Atrial fibrillation Atrial Fibrillation - ethnology Black or African American China - ethnology Chinese Diabetes Mellitus - ethnology epidemiology Ethnicity - statistics & numerical data Female Health Behavior - ethnology Hispanic or Latino Hispanics Humans Hypertension - ethnology Incidence Internal Medicine Longitudinal Studies Male Obesity - ethnology Prospective Studies Racial Groups - statistics & numerical data Risk Factors Sex Factors Smoking - ethnology Socioeconomic Factors United States - epidemiology United States China epidemiology Chinese Atrial fibrillation Hispanics
ISSN:	1047-2797, 1873-2585, 1873-2585
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