Slowman wrote:
"right. it can be fivefold. but getting a decade older doubles your risk. being white lessens your risk. not having high blood pressure, not smoking, lessens your risk. so i think you've probably got a lesser risk, with afib, than a typical guy in your cohort, your age, who does not have afib. Are you confusing the risk of getting AF increasing with age with and without risk factors vs the risk of stroke? Someone with AF (or paroxysmal AF) has a higher lifetime risk of having a stroke than someone without. The risk of stroke for someone with AF increases with worsening risk factors as one would expect but I've never seen it reported to be less than someone without AF.