Trends in the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Older Patients Initiating Dialysis in the United States
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One sixth of U.S. dialysis patients older than 65 years have been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF). Little is known, however, about the incidence of AF in this population.
Methods and Results—We identified 258,605 older patients (≥67 years) with fee-for-service Medicare initiating dialysis in 1995-2007, who had not been diagnosed with AF within the previous 2 years. Patients were followed for newly diagnosed AF. Multivariable proportional hazards regression was used to examine temporal trends and associations of race and ethnicity with incident AF. Read more
