Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts
Author(s) -
Christina Magnussen,
Teemu Niiranen,
Francisco Ojeda,
Francesco Gianfagna,
Stefan Blankenberg,
Inger Njølstad,
Erkki Vartiainen,
Susana Sans,
Gerard Pasterkamp,
Maria Hughes,
Simona Costanzo,
Maria Benedetta Donati,
Pekka Jousilahti,
Allan Linneberg,
Tarja Palosaari,
Giovanni de Gaetano,
Martin Bobák,
Hester M. den Ruijter,
Ellisiv B. Mathiesen,
Torben Jørgensen,
Stefan Söderberg,
Kari Kuulasmaa,
Tanja Zeller,
Licia Iacoviello,
Veikko Salomaa,
Renate B. Schnabel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.117.028981
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , epidemiology , atrial fibrillation , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , body mass index , proportional hazards model , comorbidity , risk factor , cumulative incidence , demography , cohort , physics , sociology , optics
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac disease in aging populations with high comorbidity and mortality. Sex differences in AF epidemiology are insufficiently understood.
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