Meta-analysis of 14 studies evaluating the association between atrial fibrillation and cognitive impairment in patients with or without history of stroke
Studies are sorted by publication year. Diamond represents the pooled risk estimate. NR: not reported.
* Patients with history of stroke were excluded in a subgroup analysis.
† Patients with no focal neurologic deficits (i.e. previous strokes, head injuries, head neurosurgery, tumors of the central nervous system, and so forth) were only considered for this meta-analysis.
‡ Minimal adjustment should include at least adjustment for age.
§ History of stroke was included as a covariate in the multivariate adjusted model.
¶ Conversion from normal cognition to dementia.
║Conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia.