Open AccessThe Use of Electronic Medical Record Data to Analyze the Association Between Atrial Fibrillation and Birth Month
Author(s) -
Koji Matsuda,
Keun-Sik Park,
Hiroaki Tatsumi,
Ryoko Kitada,
Minoru Yoshiyama
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
online journal of public health informatics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1947-2579
DOI - 10.5210/ojphi.v9i3.7864
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , population , disease , pediatrics , medical record , environmental health
An association between atrial fibrillation and birth month could not be confirmed in our Japanese study. However, this might be due to differences in ethnicity. Further epidemiologic studies on this topic may result in reduction of disease risk in the general population and contribute to public health.
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