Objective.—To determine the independent risk factors for atrial fibrillation. Design.—Cohort
study. Setting.—The Framingham Heart Study. Subjects.—A total of 2090 men and 2641
women members of the original cohort, free of a history of atrial fibrillation, between the ages
of 55 and 94 years. Main Outcome Measures.—Sex-specific multiple logistic regression
models to identify independent risk factors for atrial fibrillation, including age, smoking,
diabetes, electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy, hypertension, myocardial …