Ethnic distribution of ecg predictors of atrial fibrillation and its impact on understanding the ethnic distribution of ischemic stroke in the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1204-1211

  Soliman, Elsayed Z ^a   Prineas, Ronald J ^a   Case, L Douglas ^a   Zhang, Zhu Ming ^a   Goff, David C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Electrocardiogram; Ethnicity; Ischemic stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; P WAVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUCASIAN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249121890     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.534735     Document Type: Article

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