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A clinical risk score for atrial fibrillation in a biracial prospective cohort (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] study)

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Chamberlain, Alanna M., Agarwal, Sunil K., Folsom, Aaron R., Soliman, Elsayed Z., Chambless, Lloyd E., Crow, Richard, Ambrose, Marietta, Alonso, Alvaro·2011·The American Journal of Cardiology

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A risk score for atrial fibrillation (AF) has been developed by the Framingham Heart Study; however, the applicability of this risk score, derived using data from white patients, to predict new-onset AF in nonwhites is uncertain. Therefore, we developed a 10-year risk score for new-onset AF from risk factors commonly measured in clinical practice using 14,546 subjects from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study, a prospective community-based cohort of blacks and whites in the United States. During 10 years of follow-up, 515 incident AF events occurred. The following variables were included in the AF risk score: age, race, height, smoking status, systolic blood pressure, hypertension medication use, precordial murmur, left ventricular hypertrophy, left atrial enlargement, diabetes, coronary heart disease, and heart failure. The area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) of a Cox regression model that included the previous variables was 0.78, suggesting moderately good discrimination. The point-based score developed from the coefficients in the Cox model had an AUC of 0.76. This clinical risk score for AF in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities cohort compared favorably with the Framingham Heart Study's AF (AUC 0.68), coronary heart disease (CHD) (AUC 0.63), and hard CHD (AUC 0.59) risk scores and the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities CHD risk score (AUC 0.58). In conclusion, we have developed a risk score for AF and have shown that the different pathophysiologies of AF and CHD limit the usefulness of a CHD risk score in identifying subjects at greater risk of AF.

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  • Although men have higher absolute rates for incidence of atrial fibrillation, the relative rates of incident atrial fibrillation associated with diabetes are higher in women than in men for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

    “Although men have higher absolute rates for incidence of AF, the relative rates of incident AF associated with diabetes are higher in women than in men for both T1DM and T2DM.[586][587][588]”
  • Type 1 diabetes is independently associated with a higher incidence of atrial fibrillation.

    “Recent, large analyses confirmed that T1DM was also independently associated with a higher incidence of AF. [586][587][588]”

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Authors
Chamberlain, A. M., Agarwal, S. K., Folsom, A. R., Soliman, E. Z., Chambless, L. E., Crow, R., Ambrose, M., & Alonso, A.
Affiliations
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • University of Minnesota (US)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Corresponding author
Chamberlain, Alanna M.
Venue
The American Journal of Cardiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2011-01
Volume
107
Issue
1
Pages
85-91
ISSN
0002-9149 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2154432863
Cited by
354
References
30
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FWCI
11.85
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The American Journal of Cardiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
  • UNC Libraries
Funders
  • American Heart Association (RC1HL101056, RC1HL099452)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32-HL-007779, 09SDG2280087)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
Keywords
atrial fibrillation, risk score, new-onset atrial fibrillation, Framingham Heart Study, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, racial differences, black and white populations, left atrial enlargement, left ventricular hypertrophy, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, heart failure, coronary artery disease
MeSH terms
Atrial Fibrillation, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Forecasting, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Cohort Studies, Incidence

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