Prevalence of unknown and untreated arrhythmias in an older outpatient population screened by wireless long-term recording ECG [Corrigendum]

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Prevalence of unknown and untreated arrhythmias in an older outpatient population screened by wireless long-term recording ECG

Lindberg T, Bohman DM, Elmståhl S, Jogréus C, Sanmartin Berglund J. Clin Interv Aging. 2016;11:1083–1090.

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Table 1 Age distribution and medical history in the older outpatient study population

	Total, n (%)	Males, n (%)	Females, n (%)	P-value for sex differences
Sex	200 (100)	88 (44.0)	112 (56.0)	n.s
Age cohorts (years)
66–80	125 (62.5)	51 (57.9)	74 (66.1)	0.040
>80	75 (37.5)	37 (42.1)	38 (33.9)	n.s
Heart failure	11 (5.5)	3 (3.4)	8 (7.1)	n.s
Hypertension	99 (49.5)	46 (52.3)	53 (47.3)	n.s
Diabetes	9 (4.5)	4 (4.5)	5 (4.4)	n.s
Stroke	13 (6.5)	6 (6.8)	7 (6.2)	n.s
Ischemic cardiac disease	20 (10)	11 (12.5)	9 (8.0)	n.s
Hyper/hypothyroidism	20 (10)	3 (3.4)	17 (15.1)	n.s
Smoking	10 (5)	5 (5.6)	5 (4.4)	n.s
Medical treatment (eg, ASA and Warfarin)	17 (8.5)	11 (12.5)	6 (5.3)	n.s

Abbreviations: ASA, acetylsalicylic acid; n.s, not significant.

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Table 2 Heart rhythm and prevalence of arrhythmia during the analysis period in the study population

	Total (n=200), n (%)	95% CI for total sample	Males (n=88), n (%)	Females (n=112), n (%)	P-value for sex differences
Sinus rhythm	165 (82.5)	77.23–87.77	75 (85.2)	90 (80.4)	n.s
Persistent AF	20 (10)	5.84–14.16	6 (6.9)	14 (12.5)	n.s
Unspecified rhythm	1 (0.5)	0.0–1.48	1 (1.1)	0 (0)	–
Pacemaker rhythm	3 (1.5)	0.0–3.18	2 (2.3)	1 (0.9)	–
Paroxysmal AF	11 (5.5)	2.34–8.66	4 (4.5)	7 (6.2)	–
Episodes of Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (>100 beats/min)	87 (43.5)	36.83–50.37	33 (37.5)	54 (48.2)	0.012

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; CI, confidence interval; n.s, not significant.