Sex Differences and Similarities in Atrial Fibrillation Epidemiology, Risk Factors, and Mortality in Community Cohorts

• Published in: Circulation
• Main Authors: Magnussen, Christina, Niiranen, Teemu J., Ojeda, Francisco M., Gianfagna, Francesco, Blankenberg, Stefan, Njølstad, Inger, Vartiainen, Erkki, Sans, Susana, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Hughes, Maria, Costanzo, Simona, Donati, Maria Benedetta, Jousilahti, Pekka, Linneberg, Allan, Palosaari, Tarja, de Gaetano, Giovanni, Bobak, Martin, den Ruijter, Hester M., Mathiesen, Ellisiv, Jørgensen, Torben, Söderberg, Stefan, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Zeller, Tanja, Iacoviello, Licia, Salomaa, Veikko, Schnabel, Renate B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) 2017
• Subjects: Moli; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.117.028981; https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028981

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a common cardiac disease in aging populations with high comorbidity and mortality. Sex differences in AF epidemiology are insufficiently understood. Methods: In N=79 793 individuals without AF diagnosis at baseline (median age, 49.6 years; age range, 24.1–97.6...