Variations in the prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation, and in the strength of its association with Ischaemic Stroke, in countries with different Income-Levels. INTERSTROKE case-control study.
Robert P MurphyAlbertino DamascenoCatriona ReddinGraeme J HankeyHelle Klingenberg IversenShahram OveisgharanFernando LanasAnna CzlonkowskaPeter LanghorneAdesola OgunniyiMohammad WasayZvonko RumboldtConor Stephen JudgeAytekin OguzCharles MondoYaroslav WinterAnnika RosengrenNana PogosovaAlvaro AvezumYongchai NilanontErnesto PenaherreraDenis XavierPatrio Lopez JamarilloXingyu WangSalim YusufMartin O'DonnellPublished in: International journal of stroke : official journal of the International Stroke Society (2024)
Risk factors for AF vary by country-income level. AF contributes to stroke burden to a greater extent in higher income countries than in lower income countries, due to a higher prevalence and despite a lower magnitude of odds ratio.