Electrocardiographic parameters and the risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation in the general population: the Rotterdam Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

We aimed to assess the (shape of the) association and sex differences in the link between electrocardiographic parameters and new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF).

Methods and results

A total of 12 212 participants free of AF at baseline from the population-based Rotterdam Study were included. Up to five repeated measurements of electrocardiographic parameters including PR, QRS, QT, QT corrected for heart rate (QTc), JT, RR interval, and heart rate were assessed at baseline and follow-up examinations. Cox proportional hazards- and joint models, adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors, were used to determine the (shape of the) association between baseline and longitudinal electrocardiographic parameters with new-onset AF. Additionally, we evaluated potential sex differenc

SUBMITTER: Geurts S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10299895 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature