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. 2020 Mar 31;17(3):e1003063. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003063

Table 1. Participation and AF cases across screening centers.

PCC1 PCC2 PCC3 PCC4 Total
Individuals registered at a PCC 14,901 10,797 8,344 12,435 46,477
Number of registered individuals ≥65 years (% of all registered individuals) 2,987 (20.4) 2,065 (19.13) 1,253 (15.02) 2,919 (23.47) 9,224 (19.85)
Number of registered individuals ≥65 years who visited the PCC (% of registered individuals in this age group) 2,739 (91.7) 1,773 (85.9) 1,015 (81) 2,885 (98.8) 8,412 (91.2)
Number of registered individuals ≥65 years with known AF (% of all registered individuals in this age group) 216 (7.23) 194 (9.39) 111 (8.86) 105 (3.6) 626 (6.79)
Number of screened individuals (% of visitors in the target age without previously known AF) 702 (27.8) 89 (5.64) 104 (11.5) 115 (4.14) 1,010 (12.97)
Number of new AF cases detected (% of screened individuals) 18 (2.56) 1 (1.12) 4 (3.85) 4 (3.48) 27 (2.67)
Median age of screened patients, years 72.18 70.93 70.86 72.68 71.97
Median age of detected AF cases, years 76.58 72.66 76.18 73.08 76.41
Screening period, months 15 15 10 9 9–15

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; PCC, primary care center.