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Clinical characteristics of the AF and control cohorts from UOHI/OHGS and MGH/FHS
| Characteristics | UOHI/OHGS |
MGH/FHS |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | Control | AF | Control | |
| Number | 245 | 1338 | 375 | 1108 |
| Agea (Mean ± SD) | 46.7 ± 10.9 | 75.5 ± 4.8 | 46.1 ± 11.7 | 59.4 ± 9.8 |
| Male (%) | 78.4 | 50.4 | 81 | 45 |
| Hypertension (%) | 23.3 | 36.1 | 22.6 | 39.6 |
aAge at onset of AF for cases or age at DNA collection for controls.
