Variations in the prevalence of atrial fibrillation, and in the strength of its association with ischemic 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 XavierPatricio Lopez-JaramilloXingyu 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.