Sex Hormones and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

PURPOSE: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is more prevalent in men than women. Due to these sex differences in AF susceptibility, we examined whether sex hormones have differing associations with AF risk in men and women. METHODS: This analysis included 4,883 (mean age=63±10 years; 39% women; 64% non-white)...

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Published in:Endocrine
Main Authors: O’Neal, Wesley T., Nazarian, Saman, Alonso, Alvaro, Heckbert, Susan R., Vaccarino, Viola, Soliman, Elsayed Z.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5693706/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28786078
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12020-017-1385-3
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