Accumulated hypertension burden on atrial fibrillation risk in diabetes mellitus: a nationwide population study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with diabetes mellitus have an increased risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF). The effect of accumulated hypertension burden is a less well-known modifiable risk factor. We explored the relationship between accumulated hypertension burden and incident AF in these patients.

Methods

We evaluated data for 526,384 patients with diabetes who underwent three consecutive health examinations, between 2009 and 2012, from the Korean National Health Insurance Service. Hypertension burden was calculated by assigning points to each stage of hypertension in each health examination: 1 for stage 1 hypertension (systolic blood pressure [SBP] 130-139 mmHg; diastolic blood pressure [DBP] 80-89 mmHg); 2 for stage 2 (SBP 140-159 mmHg and DBP 90-99 mmHg); and 3 for stage

SUBMITTER: Choi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9854085 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature