Usefulness of the American Heart Association's Life Simple 7 to Predict the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation (From the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke [REGARDS] Study)

The American Heart Association has identified metrics of ideal cardiovascular (CV) health known as Life's Simple 7 (LS7). We determined the prospective relationship between the LS7 and incident AF in a biracial cohort. The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study enrolled non-Hispanic black and white adults 45 years or older. This analysis included 9,576 REGARDS participants (mean age 63 ± 8.4 years; 57% women; 30% black) who were free of AF at baseline and completed a follow-up exam 9.4 years later.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research