Population
10,805 subjects from urban and rural areas of Malaysia, mean age 52.6 years, 56% female.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
3 years
Authors
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Low AF prevalence (0.54%) in this Malaysian cohort leaves open whether regional burden is truly lower or underdetected; targeted screening studies needed.
The prevalence of atrial fibrillation in the Malaysian population is relatively low at 0.54%, but shares established risk factors including older age, male sex, hypertension, and ischaemic heart disease.
Lim et al. (2016) studied this question.