What question did this study set out to answer?

To assess and compare the incidence of atrial fibrillation across different racial and ethnic groups.

October 9, 2013Circulation

Incident Atrial Fibrillation Among Asians, Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites

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Why the study?

Is white race associated with an increased risk of incident atrial fibrillation compared to blacks, Asians, or Hispanics?

Population

Large hospital-based cohort including Asians, Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites

Design

Cohort

Authors

TDThomas A. DewlandElectrophysiology JOJeffrey E. OlginElectrophysiology EVEric VittinghoffElectrophysiology

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Implication

White race was associated with higher incident AF risk without comorbidities; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before informing screening.

Key Points

To assess and compare the incidence of atrial fibrillation across different racial and ethnic groups.
Conducted an observational investigation within a large hospital-based cohort.
Evaluated incident atrial fibrillation across Asian, Hispanic, Black, and white patient populations with and without cardiovascular comorbidities.
White individuals showed a significantly increased risk of incident atrial fibrillation compared with Black, Asian, or Hispanic individuals.
The elevated risk of atrial fibrillation observed among white individuals was most pronounced among patients without cardiovascular comorbidities.

Structured PICO

Is white race associated with an increased risk of incident atrial fibrillation compared to blacks, Asians, or Hispanics?

Population

Large hospital-based cohort including Asians, Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites

Outcome

Incident Atrial Fibrillationhard clinical

White race is associated with a higher risk of incident atrial fibrillation compared to other racial and ethnic groups, particularly among individuals without cardiovascular comorbidities.

Cite This Study

Dewland et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699f5f9f44800e1deffeb15c https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.113.002449

Topics

Atrial fibrillation Persistent AF management Anticoagulation in AF

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Implication

White race was associated with higher incident AF risk without comorbidities; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before informing screening.

Incident Atrial Fibrillation Among Asians, Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites

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Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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Incident Atrial Fibrillation Among Asians, Hispanics, Blacks, and Whites

Discussion

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Implication

Key Points

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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