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    Very Low Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation among Bolivian Forager-Farmers
    (Elsevier BV, 2021) Christopher J. Rowan; Michael Eskander; Edmond Seabright; Daniel Eid Rodríguez; Edhitt Cortez Linares; Raúl Quispe Gutierrez; Juan Copajira Adrian; Daniel K. Cummings; Bret Beheim; Kirsten Tolstrup
    Tsimane and Moseten show the lowest levels of atrial fibrillation ever reported, 1/20 to ~1/6 of rates in high-income countries. These findings provide additional evidence that a subsistence lifestyle with high levels of physical activity, and a diet low in processed carbohydrates and fat is cardioprotective, despite frequent infection-induced inflammation. Findings suggest that atrial fibrillation is a modifiable lifestyle disease rather than an inevitable feature of cardiovascular aging.