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Median AF event rate, maximum duration, and burden of PAF cases by age and sex. Cases with unspecified age omitted (n=30).
| N | AF events/day | Maximum Duration (hrs) | Burden (%) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (y) | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All | M | F | All |
| < 40 | 109 | 33 | 142 | 2.58 | 0.93 | 1.59 | 5.94 | 2.13 | 4.16 | 9.25 | 5.62 | 8.37 |
| 40-69 | 4,307 | 2,032 | 6,339 | 1.51 | 1.32 | 1.45 | 7.56 | 6.07 | 6.95 | 10.04 | 7.49 | 9.04 |
| 70+ | 3,488 | 3,294 | 6,782 | 1.21 | 0.86 | 1.01 | 8.21 | 7.64 | 7.94 | 9.74 | 7.99 | 8.81 |
| All | 7,904 | 5,359 | 13,263 | 1.38 | 1.00 | 1.21 | 7.80 | 6.84 | 7.49 | 9.84 | 7.73 | 8.92 |
