Genetic Predisposition, Clinical Risk Factor Burden, and Lifetime Risk of Atrial Fibrillation

Lu‐Chen Weng, Sarah R. Preis, Olivia Hulme, Martin G. Larson, Seung Hoan Choi, Biqi Wang, Ludovic Trinquart, David D. McManus, Honghuang Lin, Kathryn L. Lunetta,

Circulation · 2017 · 273 citations · 45 references

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Abstract

In our community-based cohort, the lifetime risk of AF was 37%. Estimation of polygenic AF risk is feasible and together with clinical risk factor burden explains a substantial gradient in long-term AF risk.

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