Height is associated with incident atrial fibrillation in a large Asian cohort
- Authors
- Park Y.M.; Moon J.; Hwang I.C.; Lim H.; Cho B.
- Issue Date
- Apr-2020
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ireland Ltd
- Keywords
- Asian; Atrial fibrillation; Height; Risk factors
- Citation
- International Journal of Cardiology, v.304, pp.82 - 84
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Cardiology
- Volume
- 304
- Start Page
- 82
- End Page
- 84
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/17724
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.ijcard.2020.01.017
- ISSN
- 0167-5273
- Abstract
- Background: Although increased height is associated with a risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), the mechanism is not well understood. We aimed to explore whether this association varies with metabolic conditions. Methods and results: We used the database from the 14-year Korea National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort. The data of 368,206 adults older than 20 years who received a health check-up were analyzed to explore the association of height and AF risk. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to compute hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for associations of height with the risk of AF. During the median follow up duration of 8.46 years, 2641 (0.72%) patients were diagnosed with AF at 3,070,724 person-years. Overall, greater height was significantly associated with AF risk (HR per 5 cm, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.03–1.05). The association did not vary with age, sex, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes. Conclusion: Metabolic conditions do not affect the higher risk of AF in tall people. © 2020 Elsevier B.V.
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