African American Race and Prevalence of Atrial Fibrillation:A Meta-Analysis

Table 3

Prevalence of atrial fibrillation among African American and Caucasians in included studies.

First Author (Ref. #)	Year	AA with AF	(%)	Caucasian with AF	(%)
Marcus et al. [7]	2010	120/804	15%	1052/4,543	23%
Go et al. [16]	2001	677/39,579	1.7%	13,054/519,714	2.5%
Alonso et al. [17]	2009	196/4,115	4.8%	889/11,292	7.9%
Afzal et al. [18]	1999	24/113	21%	21/50	42%
Ruo et al. [19]	2004	44/223	20%	440/1,150	38%
Winkelmayer et al. [20]	2011	5,859/90,217	6.5%	17,103/121,698	14%
Upshaw Jr [21]	2002	23/922	2.5%	94/1,201	7.8%
Shen et al. [22]	2010	1,531/40,293	3.8%	15,349/191,860	8.0%
Smith et al. [23]	2006	111/644	17%	464/1,932	24%
Lahiri et al. [24]	2011	50/270	19%	214/731	29%

AA = African American; AF = atrial fibrillation.