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Cluster Individuals Based on Phenotype and Determine the Risk for Atrial Fibrillation in the PREVEND and Framingham Heart Study Populations.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Rienstra Michiel, Geelhoed Bastiaan, Yin Xiaoyan, Siland Joylene E, Vermond Rob A, Mulder Bart A, Van Der Harst Pim, Hillege Hans L, Benjamin Emelia J, Van Gelder Isabelle C
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BACKGROUND: Risk prediction of atrial fibrillation (AF) is of importance to improve the early diagnosis and treatment of AF. Latent class analysis takes into account the possible existence of classes of individuals each with shared risk factors, and maybe a better method of incorporating the phenotypic heterogeneity underlying AF. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Two prospective community-based cohort studies from...
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