Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2016 Aug 16;4(4):718–724. doi: 10.1007/s40615-016-0275-3

Table 3.

Age- and Sex-Adjusted PAF of Modifiable AF Risk Factors by Race

Characteristic PAF (%)(95%CI)
White Black
Diabetes 5.2 (2.4, 7.9) 6.2 (−1.2, 13.0)
Hypertension 19.4 (14.3, 24.3) 27.4 (15.6, 37.6)
Obesity 11.8 (7.7, 15.8) 16.9 (6.7, 25.9)
Smoking 2.5 (−2.5, 7.3) 17.9 (7.2, 27.3)

AF=atrial fibrillation; CI=confidence interval; PAF=population attributable fraction.