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J Nutr Health Aging Volume 19, Number 2, 2015
THERAPEUTIC MANAGEMENT IN AMBULATORY ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION: THE S.AGES COHORT
O. HANON1,2, J.S. VIDAL1,2, G. PISICA-DONOSE1,2, L. BENATTAR-ZIBI3, P. BERTIN4, G. BERRUT5, E. CORRUBLE6, G. DERUMEAUX7, B. FALISSARD8, F. FORETTE2,9, F. PASQUIER10, M. PINGET11, R. OURABAH12, L. BECQUEMONT13, N. DANCHIN14 FOR THE S.AGES INVESTIGATORS
1. Assistance PubliqueHpitaux de Paris, Hpital Broca, Service de Griatrie, Paris, France; 2. Universit Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cit, Equipe dAccueil 4468, Paris, France; 3. ORPEA/ CLINEA, Puteaux, France; 4. CHU Limoges, Service de Rhumatologie, Limoges, France; 5. CHRU de Nantes - Ple de soins griatriques - Hpital Saint Jacques 44000 Nantes; 6. INSERM U 669, Universit Paris-Sud, Facult de mdecine Paris-Sud, Dpartement de Psychiatrie, Hpital de Bictre, Assistance PubliqueHpitaux de Paris; 94230 Le Kremlin Bictre, France; 7. Exploration Fonctionnelles Cardiovasculaires; Hpital Louis Pradel; Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France; 8. INSERM U 669, Universit Paris-Sud, Facult de mdecine Paris-Sud Dpartement de Biostatistiques; Assistance Publique Hpitaux de Paris, Hpital Paul Brousse, le Kremlin Bictre, France; 9. Fondation Nationale de Grontologie; 10. CHU Lille, Neurologie - Hpital Roger Salengro. 59000 Lille; 11. Service dEndocrinologie, Diabte, Maladies de la Nutrition (Ple NUDE), Hpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg et Centre europen dtude du Diabte (CeeD), Universit de Strasbourg; 12. Dpartement mdecine gnrale, Facult de mdecine Paris-Sud, Universit Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bictre, France; 13. Dpartement de Pharmacologie, Facult de mdecine Paris-Sud, Universit Paris-Sud; Assistance Publique Hpitaux de Paris, Hpital Bictre, le Kremlin Bictre, France; 14. AP-HP, Hpital europen Georges Pompidou, Service de Griatrie, Paris, France. Corresponding author: Professor O. Hanon, Hpital Broca, Service de Grontologie, 54-56 rue Pascal, Paris, 75013, France. E-mail: [email protected], Tel: + 33 1 44 08 30 30, Fax: + 33 1 44 08 35 10.
Abstract: Few epidemiologic studies have specifically focused on very old community dwelling population with atrial fibrillation (AF). The objectives of the AF-S.AGES cohort were to describe real-life therapeutic management of non-institutionalized elderly patients with AF according to age groups, i.e., 65-79 and 80 and to determine the main factors associated with anticoagulant treatment in both groups. Methods: Observational study (N=1072) aged 65 years old, recruited by general practitioners. Characteristics of the sample were first evaluated in the overall sample and according to age (< 80 or...