The risk algorithm included age, sex, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, electrocardiographic PR interval, hypertension treatment, and heart failure. Methods We evaluated the performance of a Framingham Heart Study (FHS)-derived risk algorithm modified for 5-year incidence of AF in the FHS (n = 4764 participants) and 2 geographically and racially diverse cohorts in the age range 45 to 95 years: AGES (the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility-Reykjavik Study) (n = 4238) and CHS (the Cardiovascular Health Study) (n = 5410, of whom 874 were African Americans). Shared Decision Making and CommunicationĪuthor Affiliations: Department of Medicine 2, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany (Dr Schnabel) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Framingham Study, Framingham, Massachusetts (Drs Schnabel, Pencina, Levy, Kannel, Wolf, Vasan, and Benjamin) Icelandic Heart Association, Heart Preventive Clinic and Research Institute, University of Iceland, Reykjavik (Drs Aspelund and Gudnason) Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Departments of Medicine (Mr Li and Dr Psaty), Epidemiology (Ms Suchy-Dicey and Drs Psaty and Heckbert), Biostatistics (Dr Kronmal), and Health Services (Dr Psaty), University of Washington, Seattle Boston University School of Public Health, Departments of Biostatistics (Drs Sullivan, Pencina, and D’Agostino) and Epidemiology (Drs Kannel and Benjamin), and Department of Mathematics and Statistics (Dr D’Agostino), Neurology Department (Dr Wolf), Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Evans Memorial Medicine Department, Cardiology Section (Drs Vasan and Benjamin), Preventive Medicine Department (Drs Vasan and Benjamin), School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland (Drs Harris and Launer) Center for Population Studies, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda (Dr Levy) Cardiology Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Dr Wang) Division of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Dr Burke) and Group Health Research Institute, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle (Drs Psaty and Heckbert).īackground We sought to validate a recently published risk algorithm for incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in independent cohorts and other racial groups.Scientific Discovery and the Future of Medicine.Health Care Economics, Insurance, Payment.Clinical Implications of Basic Neuroscience.

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