Association Between Neighborhood-Level Poverty and Incident Atrial Fibrillation: a Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. While neighborhood-level factors, such as poverty, have been related to prevalence of AF risk factors, the association between neighborhood poverty and incident AF has been limited.

Objective

Using a large cohort from a health system serving the greater Chicago area, we sought to determine the association between neighborhood-level poverty and incident AF.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Participants

Adults, aged 30 to 80 years, without baseline cardiovascular disease from January 1, 2005, to December 31, 2018.

Main measures

We geocoded and matched residential addresses of all eligible patients to census-level poverty estimates from the American Community

SUBMITTER: Essien UR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086074 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature