Initial hospitalisation for atrial fibrillation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations in Western Australia

Heart

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 712-719

  Katzenellenbogen, Judith M ^a   Katherine Teng, Tiew Hwa ^a   Lopez, Derrick ^b   Hung, Joseph ^a   Knuiman, Matthew W ^a   Sanfilippo, Frank M ^a   Hobbs, Michael S T ^a   Thompson, Sandra C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c School of Population Health University of Western Australia ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; SURVIVOR; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927654209     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306678     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Alonso A, Bengtson LGS. A rising tide: the global epidemic of atrial fibrillation. Circulation 2014;129:829-30.
2. Ball J, Carrington MJ, McMurray JJV, et al. Atrial fibrillation: profile and burden of an evolving epidemic in the 21st Century. Int J Cardiol 2013;167:1807-24.
3. Chugh SS, Havmoeller R, Narayanan K, et al. Worldwide epidemiology of atrial fibrillation: a Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study. Circulation 2013;129:837-47.
4. Lip GYH, Brechin CM, Lane DA. The global burden of atrial fibrillation and stroke: a systematic review of the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation in regions outside North America and Europe. Chest 2012;142:1489-98.
5. Benjamin EJ, D'Agostino RB, Silbershatz H, et al . Impact of atrial fibrillation on the risk of death: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation 1998;98:946-52.
6. Rienstra M, Lyass A, Murabito JM, et al. Reciprocal relations between physical disability, subjective health and atrial fibrillation: the Framingham Heart Study. Am Heart J 2013;166:171-8.
7. Anand SS, Yusuf S, Jacobs R, et al. Risk factors, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease among Aboriginal people in Canada: the Study of Health Assessment and Risk Evaluation in Aboriginal Peoples (SHARE-AP). Lancet 2001;358:1147-53.
8. Atzema CL, Kapral M, Klein-Geltink J, et al. Cardiovascular disease in the Metis Nation on Ontario: technical report . Ottawa: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, 2012.
9. Howard BV, Lee ET, Cowan LD, et al. Rising tide of cardiovascular disease in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study. Circulation 1999;99:2389-95.
10. Vos T, Barker B, Begg S, et al. Burden of disease and injury in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples: the indigenous health gap. Int J Epidemiol 2009;38:470-7.
11. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Life tables for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australian, 2010-2012 . Canberra: ABS, 2013. Release No 3238.0.55.001.
12. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Estimates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, June 2011. Canberra: ABS, 2013. Release no 3238.0.55.001.
13. Hanna JN, Heazlewood RJ. The epidemiology of acute rheumatic fever in indigenous people in north Queensland. Aust N Z J Public Health 2005;29:313-17.
14. Katzenellenbogen JM, Sanfilippo FM, Hobbs MST, et al. Incidence of and case fatality following acute myocardial infarction in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Western Australians (2000-2004): a linked data study. Heart, Lung Circ 2010;19:717-25.
15. Randall DA, Jorm LR, Lujic S, et al. Exploring disparities in acute myocardial infarction events between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians: roles of age, gender, geography and area-level disadvantage. Health Place 2014;28:58-66.
16. Teng TK, Katzenellenbogen JM, Thompson SC, et al. Incidence of first heart failure hospitalization and mortality in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in Western Australia, 2000-2009. Int J Cardiol 2014;173:110-17.
17. Katzenellenbogen JM, Vos T, Somerford P, et al . Burden of stroke in Indigenous Western Australians a study using data linkage. Stroke 2011;42:1515-21.
18. Holman CD, Bass AJ, Rouse IL, et al. Population-based linkage of health records in Western Australia: development of a health services research linked database. Aust N Z J Public Health 1999;23:453-9.
19. Jover E, Rolda V, Gallego P, et al. Predictive value of the CHA2DS2-VASc Score in atrial fibrillation patients at high risk for stroke despite oral anticoagulation. Rev Esp Cardiol 2012;65:627-33.
20. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Rural, regional and remote health: a guide to remoteness classification. Canberra 2004. http://www.aihw.gov.au/ publication-detail/?id=6442467589
21. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Information paper: census of population and housing -socio-economic indexes for areas, Australia . Canberra, 2003. http://www. ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/AFF5E8542B58B94ECA256DD5007A3DF8/File/20390-2001.pdf
22. Thompson SC, Woods JA, Katzenellenbogen JM. The quality of Indigenous identi fication in administrative health data in Australia: insights from studies using data linkage. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 2012;12:133.
23. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey 2012-13. Canberra: ABS, 2014.
24. Brown A, Carrington MJ, McGrady M, et al. Cardiometabolic risk and disease in Indigenous Australians: the heart of the heart study. Int J Cardiol 2014;171:377-83.
25. Brown AD, Morrissey MJ, Sherwood JM, et al. Uncovering the determinants of cardiovascular disease among Indigenous people. Ethn Health 2006;11: 191-210.
26. Wong CX, Brooks AG, Cheng YH, et al. Atrial fibrillation in Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2014;4: e006242.
27. Borzecki AM, Bridgers DK, Liebschutz JM, et al. Racial differences in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation among males. J Natl Med Assoc 2008;100:237-45.
28. Robson B, Robson C, Harris R, et al. Hauora: M-aori Standards of Health IV. Wellington: University of Otago, 2007.
29. Bersh B, Freedman JE, Granger CB. Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy for stroke prevention in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation: evidence based strategies and new developments. Rev Esp Cardiol 2011;64:260-8.
30. Jensen PN, Johnson K, Floyd J, et al. Identifying atrial fibrillation from electronic medical data: a systematic review. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2012;21:141-7.