Differential Impact of Risk Factors in Blacks and Whites in the Development of Atrial Fibrillation: the Reasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study

Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 718-724

  O’Neal, Wesley T ^a   Judd, Suzanne E ^b   Limdi, Nita A ^c   McIntyre, William F ^d   Kleindorfer, Dawn O ^e   Cushman, Mary ^f   Howard, Virginia J ^b   Howard, George ^b   Soliman, Elsayed Z ^g  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology; Race; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013650447     PISSN: 21973792     EISSN: 21968837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40615-016-0275-3     Document Type: Article

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