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We therefore investigated previously unevaluated predictors of AF development in patients with AFL, and also the predictive values of risk scores in predicting the occurrence of AF and ischaemic stroke.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods and results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants were those diagnosed with AFL between 1 January 2001 and 31 December 2013. Patients were classified into solitary AFL and AFL-DAF groups during follow-up. Finally, 4101 patients with solitary AFL and 4101 patients with AFL-DAF were included after 1:1 propensity score matching with CHA<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>DS<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-VASc scores and their components, AFL diagnosis year and other comorbidities. The group difference in the prevalence of ischaemic stroke\/transient ischaemic attack (TIA) and congestive heart failure (CHF) was substantial, that of vascular disease was moderate, and that of diabetes and hypertension was negligible. Therefore, we reweighted the component of heart failure as 2 (the same with stroke\/TIA) and vascular disease as 1 in the proposed A<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>C<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>S<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-VASc score. The proposed A<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>C<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>S<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-VASc and CHA<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>DS<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>-VAS<jats:sub>C<\/jats:sub>scores showed patients with AFL who had higher delta scores and follow-up scores had higher risk of AF development. The delta score outperformed the follow-up score in both scoring systems in predicting ischaemic stroke.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study showed that new-onset CHF, stroke\/TIA and vascular disease were predictors of AF development in patients with AFL. 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