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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jan 15;61(2):10.1111/jgs.12085. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12085

Table 2.

a. Incidence Rates of Atrial Fibrillation Among White and Black Women in the Cardiovascular Health Study, 1989–2008
White Women
Black Women
Age
Group
AF
Cases
Person
-Years
Incidence
(per 1,000)
95% CI AF
Cases
Person
-Years
Incidence
(per 1,000)
95% CI
65–69 18 2705 6.7 4.2, 10.6 7 506 13.8 6.6, 29.0
70–74 93 7386 12.6 10.3, 15.4 14 1407 9.9 5.9, 16.8
75–79 182 9317 19.5 16.9, 22.6 30 1801 16.7 11.6, 23.8
80–84 222 8397 26.4 23.2, 30.2 30 1506 19.9 13.9, 28.5
85–89 156 4494 34.7 29.7, 40.6 25 810 30.9 20.9, 45.7
b. Incidence Rates of Atrial Fibrillation Among White and Black Men in the Cardiovascular Health Study, 1989–2008
White Men
Black Men
Age
Group
AF
Cases
Person
-Years
Incidence
(per 1,000)
95% CI AF
Cases
Person
-Years
Incidence
(per 1,000)
95% CI
65–69 23 1515 15.2 10.1, 22.8 6 299 20.0 9.0, 44.6
70–74 89 4643 19.2 15.6, 23.6 10 814 12.3 6.6, 22.8
75–79 162 5859 27.7 23.7, 32.3 14 944 14.8 8.8, 25.0
80–84 200 5151 38.8 33.8, 44.6 19 731 26.0 16.6, 40.7
85–89 136 2758 49.3 41.7, 58.3 8 333 24.0 12.0, 48.1

AF indicates atrial fibrillation; CI, confidence interval