Sex and racial differences in cardiovascular disease risk in patients with atrial fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Outcomes among atrial fibrillation (AF) patients may differ according to race/ethnicity and sex due to differences in biology, the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors, and the use and effectiveness of AF treatments. We aimed to characterize patterns of cardiovascular risk across subgroups of AF patients by sex and race/ethnicity, since doing so may provide opportunities to identify interventions. We also evaluated whether these patterns changed over time.

Methods

We utilized administrative claims data from the Optum Clinformatics® Datamart database from 2009 to 2015. Patients with AF with ≥6 months of enrollment prior to the first non-valvular AF diagnosis were included in the analysis. Final analysis utilized Cox proportional hazard models to estimate adjus

SUBMITTER: O'Neal WT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6726240 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature