Fig 1.
Flow chart depicting inclusion and exclusion of the participants in each cohort.
*Medicare-enhanced data are not presented separately for exclusions due to races other than white or black and exclusions due to prevalent stroke, due to a small sample. ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; CHS, Cardiovascular Health Study.
Table 1.
Characteristics of participants at the visit prior to atrial fibrillation diagnosis, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study from 1987 to 2006 and Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) from 1989 to 2006.
Table 2.
Association of Smoking, Alcohol and Body Mass Index with Composite Endpoint of Ischemic Stroke and Cardiovascular Death in Participants with Incident Atrial Fibrillation, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study from 1987 to 2006 and Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) from 1989 to 2006.
Fig 2.
Survival free probability of the composite endpoint of ischemic stroke and cardiovascular death in participants with incident atrial fibrillation, by smoking status (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study).
Table 3.
Association of smoking, alcohol and body mass index with ischemic stroke in participants with incident atrial fibrillation, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study from 1987 to 2006 and Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) from 1989 to 2006.
Table 4.
Association of smoking, alcohol and body mass index with cardiovascular death in participants with incident atrial fibrillation, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study from 1987 to 2006 and Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) from 1989 to 2006.
Table 5.
Addition of smoking to CHA2DS2-VASc in prediction of 5-year risk of ischemic stroke or cardiovascular death, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study from 1987 to 2006.