Research Article
African American Race and Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation:A Meta-Analysis
Table 2
Study quality summary.
| First author (Ref) | Clear identification of study population | Clear definition of outcome and outcome assessment | Independent Assessment of outcome parameters | No selective loss during followup | Important confounders and/or prognostic factors indentified | Adjusted odds ratio (specific adjusters) |
| Marcus et al. [7] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.75 (age, gender) | Go et al. [16] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not provided | Alonso et al. [17] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.59 (age, gender) | Afzal et al. [18] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Not provided | Ruo et al. [19] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.51 (age, gender, Comorbid conditions, medications) | Winkelmayer et al. [20] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not provided | Upshaw Jr. [21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not provided | Shen et al. [22] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.49 (age, gender) | Smith et al. [23] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.64 (unclear) | Lahiri et al. [24] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.54 (age, gender, comorbid conditions) |
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