A RECENT Australian study has
found that atrial fibrillation is
a significant predictor of early
mortality among people
(particularly women) aged 60
years or more.
According to the 20 year study,
published in Internal Medicine
Journal, women with atrial
fibrillation aged more than 60
years have a 127% greater risk
of dying compared with their
peers without atrial fibrillation.
For men the increased risk of
dying is 38%.
Interestingly researchers
found that the rates of atrial
fibrillation amongst men and
women are roughly the same
but that women are impacted
by AF to a much greater degree.
“We are unsure why atrial
fibrillation affects the life
expectancy of women more
than men but we do know that
other [AF risk factor] conditions
like diabetes have an impact
that is gender related,” said
study leader, Professor Leon
Simons of the University of
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