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ArticlePloS one2018

Patterns of adipose tissue fatty acids and the risk of atrial fibrillation: A case-cohort study.

Pia Thisted Dinesen, Thomas Andersen Rix, Albert Marni Joensen, Christina Cathrine Dahm, Søren Lundbye-Christensen, Erik Berg Schmidt, Kim Overvad

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pia Thisted DinesenAalborg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-8541-3442
Thomas Andersen RixAalborg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg, Denmark.
Albert Marni JoensenAalborg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg, Denmark.
Christina Cathrine DahmAarhus University, Department of Public Health, Section for Epidemiology, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-0481-2893
Søren Lundbye-ChristensenAalborg University Hospital, Aalborg AF Study Group, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg, Denmark.
Erik Berg SchmidtAalborg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg, Denmark.
Kim OvervadAalborg University Hospital, Department of Cardiology, Aalborg, Denmark.
Aalborg University Hospital · DKAarhus University · DK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fatty acids in adipose tissue share dietary sources and metabolic pathways and therefore occur in patterns. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between adipose tissue fatty acid patterns identified by the data-driven dimension-reducing method treelet transform and the risk of atrial fibrillation. A total of 57,053 Danish men and women aged 50-64 years participating in the Diet, Cancer and Health cohort had an adipose tissue biopsy taken at baseline. During a median follow-up of 14.6 years, a total of 4,710 participants developed atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter. Adipose tissue biopsies were analysed for fatty acid content by gas chromatography for all cases of atrial fibrillation and for a randomly drawn subcohort (n = 3,500) representative for the entire cohort. Hazard ratios with 95% confidence intervals for atrial fibrillation according to quintiles of factor scores were determined by weighted Cox proportional hazards regression analyses for men and women separately. From the 32 fatty acids measured, 7 major factors/patterns of fatty acids were identified using treelet transform. We found that a pattern consisting of n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) (except linoleic acid) was associated with a lower hazard of atrial fibrillation. Patterns consisting of marine n-3 PUFA and containing n-9 fatty acids were associated with a lower hazard of atrial fibrillation in women. In conclusion, patterns of fatty acids in adipose tissue identified by treelet transform may be differentially associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation.

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Adipose TissueAtrial FibrillationAtrial FlutterDenmarkFatty AcidsFemaleHealth SurveysHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedRisk FactorsFatty Acids

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