ArticleActa Cardiologica Sinica2019
Body Composition in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.
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- Effect of sarcopenia on risk of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Serum creatinine to cystatin C ratio in relation to heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2024Article
- Association of sarcopenia with the long-term risk of atrial fibrillation: A prospective cohort study.Aging cell · 2024Article
- Causal association between basal metabolic rate and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomization study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Genetic Predisposition to a Higher Whole Body Water Mass May Increase the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Mendelian Randomization Study.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2023Article
- Genetically predicted basal metabolic rate and venous thromboembolism risk: a Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Association of predicted body composition with occurrence of atrial fibrillation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- Editorial: Cardiovascular anthropometry for large scale population studies.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2023Article
- High variability in bodyweight is associated with an increased risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nationwide cohort study.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2020Article
- Physical Exercise and Myokines: Relationships with Sarcopenia and Cardiovascular Complications.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, however evidence is mainly based on body mass index (BMI) analysis. The aim of this study was to estimate body composition using bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and its prognostic value in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) during one year of follow-up.
methodsMedical history, anthropometric and biochemical examinations, and BIA were performed in 120 inpatients with AF and 240 patients hospitalized due to other cardiovascular disorders.
resultsCompared to the control group, the patients with AF had a significantly greater body mass, BMI, excess body mass in relation to ideal body mass, larger waist circumference, higher values of BIA parameters such as fat and fat-free mass, visceral adiposity, total body water (total water content in the body), metabolic rate and age, and lower percentage of skeletal muscle mass. Higher prevalence rates of obesity and sarcopenia were observed in the patients with AF compared to the control group, and in the patients with the paroxysmal form compared to those with the permanent form of AF. In logistic regression analysis, the percentage of fat mass was associated with a higher risk of AF (odds ratio, 1.10; 95% confidence interval, 1.05-1.15; p < 0.001).
conclusionsBody composition parameters were associated with the occurrence and form of AF in our study cohort. However, further studies are needed to clarify the relationships due to an imbalance in comorbidities.
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