Incidence, risk factors, and mortality of atrial fibrillation in breast cancer: a SEER-Medicare analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The national incidence, risk factors, and associated mortality of atrial fibrillation (AF) in breast cancer patients are unknown.

Methods and results

Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare-linked database, we identified females, ≥66 years old, with a new primary diagnosis of breast cancer from 2007 through 2014. These patients were individually matched 1:1 to Medicare enrolees without cancer, and each pair was followed for 1 year to identify a primary outcome of AF. Cumulative incidence was calculated using competing risk survival statistics. Following this, identifying risk factors of AF among breast cancer patients was conducted using the adjusted Cox proportional hazards model. Finally, Kaplan-Meier methods and adjusted Cox proportional hazard

SUBMITTER: Guha A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8914878 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature