Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

There is inconsistent evidence on the relation of alcohol intake with incident atrial fibrillation (AF), in particular at lower doses. We assessed the association between alcohol consumption, biomarkers, and incident AF across the spectrum of alcohol intake in European cohorts.

Methods and results

In a community-based pooled cohort, we followed 107 845 individuals for the association between alcohol consumption, including types of alcohol and drinking patterns, and incident AF. We collected information on classical cardiovascular risk factors and incident heart failure (HF) and measured the biomarkers N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and high-sensitivity troponin I. The median age of individuals was 47.8 years, 48.3% were men. The median alcohol consumption was

SUBMITTER: Csengeri D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7982286 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature