Association between smoking and outcomes in older adults with atrial fibrillation

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-90

  Pawar, Pushkar P ^a   Jones, Linda G ^a,b   Feller, Margaret ^a   Guichard, Jason L ^a   Mujib, Marjan ^a   Ahmed, Mustafa I ^a   Roy, Brita ^a   Rahman, Toufiqur ^a   Aban, Inmaculada B ^a   Love, Thomas E ^c   White, Michel ^d   Aronow, Wilbert S ^e   Fonarow, Gregg C ^f   Ahmed, Ali ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Mortality; Propensity score; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DILTIAZEM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; NITRATE; VERAPAMIL; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84861193138     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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