Obesity, metabolic syndrome and risk of atrial fibrillation: a Swedish, prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

We aimed to investigate whether different measures of obesity could similarly predict atrial fibrillation, and whether the atrial fibrillation risk associated with obesity is dependent on presence of metabolic syndrome.

Material and methods

We performed our study in a population-based longitudinal cardiovascular study, comprising 1 924 men and 2 097 women, aged 60 years, from Stockholm. Body mass index, waist circumference, sagittal abdominal diameter and components of metabolic syndrome (systolic- and diastolic blood pressure, fasting glucose, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol) were recorded at baseline. Participants were classified by their body mass index (normal weight, overweight or obese), waist circumference (normal, semi-elevated or elevated), a

SUBMITTER: Nystrom PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4433194 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature