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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Place. 2013 Feb 4;21:133–139. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.12.008

Table 1.

Characteristics of HRS participants, stratified by atrial-fibrillation related vs all other cause mortality

Sample Members
Who Did Not Die
During Follow-Up
Sample Members
With Non-AF-Related
Death
Sample Members
With AF-Related
Death
n or mean % n or mean % n or mean %
n 17,041 7,052 230
Follow-up, years (SD) 11.1 (5.1) 6.3 (3.7) 6.7 (3.4)
Enrollment age, years (SD) 59.8 (8.9) 72.8 (11.2) 77.7 (9.5)
Male 7,499 44.0 3,371 47.8 90 39.1
Black 2,548 15.0 1,213 17.2 24 10.4
Childhood Risk Factors
Born in AF-risk zone 1,771 10.4 795 11.3 30.0 13.0
Father's Education
    < 8 years 5,649 33.1 4,693 66.5 179 77.8
    8+ years 8,797 51.6 1,203 17.1 22 9.6
    Unknown 2,595 15.2 1,156 16.4 29 12.6
Self-reported childhood socioeconomic disadvantage (range 0–4; 0=most advantaged) 1.8 0.9 1.8 0.9 1.8 0.9
Self-reported childhood socioeconomic disadvantage unknown 939 5.5 2,585 36.7 69 30.0
Male height, inches (SD) 69.7 3.8 69.2 3.8 69.5 2.7
Female height, inches (SD) 63.8 4.1 63.0 5.5 63.6 2.9
Education, years (SD) 12.3 3.4 10.8 3.7 10.8 3.8
Risk Factors at Study Enrollment
Median household wealth (interquartile range)^ 68,236 (146,140) 45,396 (107,760) 52,476 (124,051)
Current smoker 3,351 19.7 1,523 21.6 21 9.1
Past smoker 6,335 37.2 2,915 41.4 102 44.4
Body mass index, kg/m2 (SD) 27.0 5.7 25.7 5.7 25.1 5.5
Diabetes 1,434 8.4 1,278 18.1 29 12.6
Hypertension 6,022 35.3 3,389 48.1 122 53.0
Stroke 466 2.7 817 11.6 26 11.3
Heart disease 1,915 11.2 2,156 30.6 104 45.2
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Wealth is standardized by dividing by the square root of household size and Consumer Price Index adjusted to US 1992 dollars.