ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2018
Height, Weight, and Aerobic Fitness Level in Relation to the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation.
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- Endurance Sports and Atrial Fibrillation: A Puzzling Conundrum.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Trans-ancestral genome-wide association study of longitudinal pubertal height growth and shared heritability with adult health outcomes.Genome biology · 2024Article
- Atrial Fibrillation in Endurance Training Athletes: Scoping Review.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Temporal trends in anticoagulation management for US active duty personnel with atrial fibrillation.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Evaluation of serum haptoglobin levels and Hp1-Hp2 polymorphism in the haptoglobin gene in patients with atrial fibrillation.Molecular biology reports · 2022Article
- Independent effects of adiposity measures on risk of atrial fibrillation in men and women: a study of 0.5 million individuals.International journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Size matters in atrial fibrillation: the underestimated importance of reduction of contiguous electrical mass underlying the effectiveness of catheter ablation.Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology · 2021Review
- Early-Life Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Long-term Risk of Prostate Cancer.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2020Article
- Genetics of height and risk of atrial fibrillation: A Mendelian randomization study.PLoS medicine · 2020Article
- Dose-response relationship of cardiorespiratory fitness with incident atrial fibrillation.Heart failure reviews · 2020Review
- Estimating the Relative Excess Risk Due to Interaction in Clustered-Data Settings.American journal of epidemiology · 2018Article
- The height as an independent risk factor of atrial fibrillation: A review.Indian heart journalReview
- Insights From Atrial Fibrillation Genomics: From Bedside to Bench and Back Again.Cardiology in reviewReview
- Exercise Is Medicine: Primary Care Counseling on Aerobic Fitness and Muscle Strengthening.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFMReview
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Abstract
Tall stature and obesity have been associated with a higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), but there have been conflicting reports of the effects of aerobic fitness. We conducted a national cohort study to examine interactions between height or weight and level of aerobic fitness among 1,547,478 Swedish military conscripts during 1969-1997 (97%-98% of all 18-year-old men) in relation to AF identified from nationwide inpatient and outpatient diagnoses through 2012 (maximal age, 62 years). Increased height, weight, and aerobic fitness level (but not muscular strength) at age 18 years were all associated with a higher AF risk in adulthood. Positive additive and multiplicative interactions were found between height or weight and aerobic fitness level (for the highest tertiles of height and aerobic fitness level vs. the lowest, relative excess risk = 0.51, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.40, 0.62; ratio of hazard ratios = 1.50, 95% CI: 1.34, 1.65). High aerobic fitness levels were associated with higher risk among men who were at least 186 cm (6 feet, 1 inch) tall but were protective among shorter men. Men with the combination of tall stature and high aerobic fitness level had the highest risk (for the highest tertiles vs. the lowest, adjusted hazard ratio = 1.70, 95% CI: 1.61, 1.80). These findings suggest important interactions between body size and aerobic fitness level in relation to AF and may help identify high-risk subgroups.
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