Are men really at higher risk of AF than women?
A new study suggests AF prevention and early intervention should be targeted at both sexes
Doctors have long thought men had a greater risk of developing AF than women, but the reverse may actually be the case.
When researchers accounted for height differences between men and women, they found that women were 50% more likely to develop AF than men.
“This is the first study to show an actual flip in the risk of [AF],” said senior author Dr Christine Albert, head of cardiology at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Dr Albert also led the nationwide VITAL Rhythm Trial, the basis of these findings.
