Association Between Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 and Atrial Fibrillation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Accumulating evidence links inflammation and atrial fibrillation (AF).

Objective

To assess whether markers of systemic and atrial inflammation are associated with incident AF in the general population.

Design, setting, and participants

The Bruneck Study is a prospective, population-based cohort study with a 20-year follow-up (n = 909). The population included a random sample of the general community aged 40 to 79 years. Levels of 13 inflammation markers were measured at baseline in 1990. Findings were replicated in a case-control sample nested within the prospective Salzburg Atherosclerosis Prevention Program in Subjects at High Individual Risk (SAPHIR) study (n = 1770). Data analysis was performed from February to May 2016.

Exposures

Levels of 13 in

SUBMITTER: Willeit K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5814989 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature