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Duration of
Hospital in AF :
Reviewing Reykjavik Excluded :
hospital & ICD-9 code from january Reviewing -Paroxysmal AF < 4 Calculated
private 427.9 / ICD- 1, 1987 – 12-lead - Persistent/ weeks from date of
physician’s 10 code I48 day of the ECG open heart 1st dx/ -
permanent date of the
records study surgery
examination study
examination
Potential Confounders
• Age
• Sex
Questionnare •
•
Education level
Smoking status
• Alcohol consumption
Geriatric
depression • High depressive symptomatology
scale
Sex-spesific composite
Averaging the Z scores
The battery of cognitive measures were computed
across the tests in each
test (MEM, SP, EF) by converting raw scores
composite
standarized z score
Significance was set at P<0.05 for all models. All analyses were performed
using SAS version 9.2 (SAS Institute)
Analytical Sample
3960
4251 ( 3 cognitive
(demented domain test
participants & composite
4569 scores)
missing
( Brain MRI) information
regarding
5706 cognitive
(inform status
consent)
5764
( AGES-
Reykjavik
study)
Results
Discussion