Associations of abdominal obesity and new-onset atrial fibrillation in the general population

Journal of the American Heart Association

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2017, Pages

  Baek, Yong Soo ^a   Yang, Pil Sung ^a   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Uhm, Jae Sun ^a   Park, Junbeom ^b   Pak, Hui Nam ^a   Lee, Moon Hyoung ^a   Joung, Boyoung ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asians; Atrial fibrillation; Incidence; Nationwide cohort; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW-ONSET ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020466769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20479980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.116.004705     Document Type: Article

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