Associations between obesity parameters and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation and ischaemic stroke in the different age groups.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Obesity and aging are important predisposing factors to atrial fibrillation (AF) and ischaemic stroke (IS). However, limited data comprehensively evaluated the relationships between obesity measurements and AF and IS in different ages.

Methods

A total of 9,432,332 adults from the Korean National Health Insurance Service Database were included. The study population was categorized into the six age subgroups by an increase every decade from the twenties. We evaluated AF and IS risk according to body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) in the different age groups.

Results

During a mean follow-up of 8.2 ± 1.0 years, BMI-AF presented a J-shaped association across ages. The highest hazard ratio (HR) of the BMI ≥ 30 kg/m² group was observed in

SUBMITTER: Ahn HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9376314 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature