Lean body mass and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in post-menopausal women

European Heart Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 1606-1613

  Azarbal, Farnaz ^a   Stefanick, Marcia L ^a   Assimes, Themistocles L ^a   Manson, Joann E ^b   Bea, Jennifer W ^c   Li, Wenjun ^d   Hlatky, Mark A ^a   Larson, Joseph C ^e   Leblanc, Erin S ^f   Albert, Christine M ^b   Nassir, Rami ^g   Martin, Lisa W ^h   Perez, Marco V ^a,i  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Atrial fibrillation; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84975195927     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv423     Document Type: Article

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