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. 2013 Jan 24;3(1):e001800. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001800

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for patients according to the presence or absence of atrial fibrillation

Overall study population (n=4 602 264)
Non-AF (n=4 447 593) AF patients (n=154 671)
Female, n (%)* 2 270 728 (51.06%) 72 418 (46.82%)
Male, n (%)* 2 176 865 (48.94%) 82 253 (53.18%)
Age ≤50 years 2 863 317 7 417
Age >50–65 years 856 538 28 492
Age >65–75 years 351 023 38 233
Age >75 years 376 715 80 529
Median age (SD) 41.30 (20.17) 75.65 (12.76)
Median age for age ≤50 (SD) 31.05 (11–09) 43.50 (7.23)
Median age for age >50–65 56.05 (4.31) 59.68 (4.07)
Median age for age >65–75 69.71 (2.87) 70.58 (2.87)
Median age for age >75 82.05 (5.55) 82.71 (5.37)

*p<0.0001.

AF, atrial fibrillation.