Investigation of selection bias in the association of race with prevalent atrial fibrillation in a national cohort study: REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS)

PURPOSE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is diagnosed more commonly in whites than blacks in the US. In epidemiologic studies, selection bias could induce a non-causal positive association of white race with prevalent AF if voluntary enrollment were influenced by both race and AF status. We investigated wh...

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Udgivet i:Ann Epidemiol
Main Authors: Thacker, Evan L., Soliman, Elsayed Z., Pulley, LeaVonne, Safford, Monika M., Howard, George, Howard, Virginia J.
Format: Artigo
Sprog:Inglês
Udgivet: 2016
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Online adgang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040466/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27480477
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2016.06.012
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