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Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 Jul 6;70(10):2805–2817. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17954

Table 2.

Perception of Cardiac and Non-Specific, Non-Cardiac Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms by Age

Symptom perception	Youngest-Old (65–74 years) (n=606)	Middle-Old (75–84 years) (n=429)	Oldest ≥ 85 years (n=149)	P-value for trend

AF symptoms in the preceding 4 weeks (%)	33.6	26.1	21.4	<.0.001
Palpitations (%)	41.8	30.5	28.2	<0.001
Irregular heartbeat (%)	38.8	28.7	21.5	<0.001
Pause in heart activity (%)	20.8	14.9	12.8	<0.01
Lightheadedness/Dizziness (%)	39.4	36.6	36.9	0.40
Dyspnea (%)	53.6	56.6	60.4	0.11
Fatigue (%)	58.8	62.5	63.1	0.20

% are reported as column percentages