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. 2014 Apr 30;4(5):e004565. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-004565

Table 1.

Characteristics of participants included in diagnostic accuracy analyses

Total number of participants 999
Age (mean) 79.7 years (range 75.1–99.8)
(95% CI 79.4 to 79.9)
 Gender (%, male) 49.3 (95% CI 46.2 to 52.5)
Comorbidities (from medical summary)
AF 110 (11%)
Heart failure 31 (3.1%)
Hypertension 533 (53.3%)
Diabetes 122 (12.2%)
Stroke 31 (3.1%)
Transient ischaemic attack 65 (6.5%)
Participants with AF on antiarrhythmic medication 87 (8.7%)

AF, atrial fibrillation.