Association of atrial fibrillation and cancer: Analysis from two large population-based case-control studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and risk of cancer has been suggested in several studies, including prospective cohort studies. However, the magnitude and the temporal nature of this association remain unclear.

Methods

Data from two large prospective population-based case-control studies, the Molecular Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer (MECC, n = 8,383) and the Breast Cancer in Northern Israel Study (BCINIS, n = 11,608), were used to better understand the nature and temporality of a possible association between cancer diagnosis and AF events before and after cancer diagnosis. A case-control study approach was employed to study prior AF as a risk factor for cancer, and a cohort study approach was employed to study incident cancer as a risk factor fo

SUBMITTER: Saliba W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5764256 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature