Risk factors for new-onset atrial fibrillation during routine medical checkups of Japanese male workers

International Heart Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 457-464

  Minami, Masahide ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuki ^a   Toyokawa, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Kazuo ^a   Takeshita, Yasuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Kanazawa Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Blood pressure; Drinking habits; Medical checkup; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; DNA FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; URIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ERYTHROCYTE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WORKER; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; INCIDENTAL FINDING; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349258247     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.50.457     Document Type: Article

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