Lean Body Mass Is the Predominant Anthropometric Risk Factor for Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 69, Issue 20, 2017, Pages 2488-2497

  Fenger Grøn, Morten ^a   Overvad, Kim ^a,b   Tjønneland, Anne ^c   Frost, Lars ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

anthropometry; cohort; epidemiology; obesity; weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; DENMARK; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 85019246728     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.03.558     Document Type: Article

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