Prevalence and risk factors of atrial fibrillation in chinese elderly: Results from the chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 128, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2426-2432

  Chei, Choy Lye ^a,b   Raman, Prassanna ^a   Ching, Chi Keong ^c   Yin, Zhao Xue ^d   Shi, Xiao Ming ^d   Zeng, Yi ^e,f   Matchar, David B ^a,e  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; China; Elderly; Oldest old; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; VERY ELDERLY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84941313295     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0366-6999.164918     Document Type: Article

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