ArticleJournal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH2015
Sustained pre-hypertensive blood pressure and incident atrial fibrillation: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
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- The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2019).Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2019Guideline
- Are cardiovascular risk factors also associated with the incidence of atrial fibrillation? A systematic review and field synopsis of 23 factors in 32 population-based cohorts of 20 million participants.Thrombosis and haemostasis · 2017Pooled it
- Relationship Between Screening-Detected Atrial Fibrillation and Blood Pressure Levels in Elderly Hypertensive Patients: The OMRON Heart Study.Thrombosis and haemostasis · 2025Trial
- Incidence and Implications of Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter in Hypertension: Insights From the SPRINT Trial.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2020Trial
- Effect of Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering on the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2020Trial
- Modifiable Risk Factors in Atrial Fibrillation: Clinical Implications and Pathophysiological Insights.Annals of noninvasive electrocardiology : the official journal of the International Society for Holter and Noninvasive Electrocardiology, Inc · 2026Review
- Predicting hypertension through big five personality traits: a four-year longitudinal study in Japan.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Normal Blood Pressure, High Normal Blood Pressure, and Risk of Incident Atrial Fibrillation: A Population-Based Cohort Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Global burden of atrial fibrillation/flutter due to high systolic blood pressure from 1990 to 2019: estimates from the global burden of disease study 2019.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2022Article
- The Association of Dietary Pattern with the Risk of Prehypertension and Hypertension in Jiangsu Province: A Longitudinal Study from 2007 to 2014.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Sex-Specific Associations between Blood Pressure and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation Subtypes in the Tromsø Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Modifiable Risk Factors and Atrial Fibrillation: the Quest for a Personalized Approach.Maedica · 2021Article
- What Is the Ideal Blood Pressure Threshold for the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly General Population?Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- The Impact of Diet and Lifestyle on Atrial Fibrillation.Current cardiology reports · 2018Review
- The Impact of Risk Factors and Comorbidities on The Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation.Materia socio-medica · 2017Article
- Atrial electrocardiography in obesity and hypertension: Clinical insights from the Polish-Norwegian Study (PONS).Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2016Article
- Is there an association between the prevalence of atrial fibrillation and severity and control of hypertension? The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study.Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH · 2016Article
- Biomarkers and the prediction of atrial fibrillation: state of the art.Vascular health and risk management · 2016Review
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Abstract
The association between sustained pre-hypertension and atrial fibrillation (AF) has not been thoroughly examined. This study included 5311 participants (mean age 62 ± 10 years; 47% male; 42.9% non-whites) from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Sustained exposure was based on 2 or more visits within the same blood pressure category (optimal, <120/80 mm Hg; pre-hypertension, 120-139/80-89 mm Hg; hypertension, ≥140/90 mm Hg or antihypertensive medication use) during visits 1, 2, and 3. Cox regression was used to compute hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the association between blood pressure category and AF. Over a median follow-up of 5.3 years, 182 (3.4%) participants developed AF. Pre-hypertension and hypertension were associated with an increased risk of AF compared with participants who had optimal blood pressure (optimal: HR, 1.0; referent; pre-hypertension: HR, 1.8; 95% CI, 1.004-3.2; hypertension: HR, 2.6; 95% CI, 1.6-4.4). Sustained pre-hypertension is associated with an increased risk of AF.
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