Uric Acid Level and New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in the Japanese General Population ― Longitudinal Study ―

Autor: Satoko Ojima, Shigeho Maenohara, Shiro Yoshifuku, Mitsuru Ohishi, Takuro Kubozono, Masaaki Miyata, Hironori Miyahara, Shin Kawasoe
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Circulation Journal. 83:156-163
ISSN: 1347-4820
1346-9843
DOI: 10.1253/circj.cj-18-0508
Popis: BACKGROUND The independent role of uric acid (UA) as a risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF) has not been fully elucidated. Methods and Results: We studied 111,566 subjects (53,416 men; 58,150 women) who underwent annual health check-ups. We divided them by sex into tertile of baseline UA. To investigate the predictive power of UA for new-onset AF, we performed Cox proportional hazard analysis including UA tertiles, body mass index, creatinine, smoking and drinking status, and presence of hypertension, diabetes, and dyslipidemia. During 4.1 years, 467 men (0.87%) and 180 women (0.31%) had AF (P
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