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ArticleScientific reports2020

A new risk score to assess atrial fibrillation risk in hypertensive patients (ESCARVAL-RISK Project.

Domingo Orozco-Beltran, Jose A Quesada, Vicente Bertomeu-Gonzalez, Jose M Lobos-Bejarano, Jorge Navarro-Perez, Vicente F Gil-Guillen, Luis Garcia Ortiz, Adriana Lopez-Pineda, Angel Castellanos-Rodriguez, Angela Lopez-Domenech and 2 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 2 papers.

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12 authors.

Domingo Orozco-BeltranChair of Family Medicine, Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Jose A QuesadaChair of Family Medicine, Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Vicente Bertomeu-GonzalezCardiology Department, University Hospital of San Juan de Alicante, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5309-0562
Jose M Lobos-BejaranoJazmin Primary Care Health Center, Madrid, Spain.
Jorge Navarro-PerezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Valencia Clinical Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
Vicente F Gil-GuillenChair of Family Medicine, Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Luis Garcia OrtizCardiovascular Research Group of Castilla y León, Health Center La Alamedilla de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. Research Network in Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (REDIAPP). Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Adriana Lopez-PinedaChair of Family Medicine, Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Angel Castellanos-RodriguezCiudad Periodistas Primary Care Health Center, Madrid, Spain.
Angela Lopez-DomenechChair of Family Medicine, Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Antonio Francisco J Cardona-LlorensPathology and Surgery Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.
Concepcion Carratala-MunueraChair of Family Medicine, Clinical Medicine Department, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche, San Juan de Alicante, Spain.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to assess atrial fibrillation (AF) incidence and predictive factors in hypertensive patients and to formulate an AF risk assessment score that can be used to identify the patients most likely to develop AF. This was a cohort study of patients recruited in primary healthcare centers. Patients aged 40 years or older with hypertension, free of AF and with no previous cardiovascular events were included. Patients attended annual visits according to clinical practice until the end of study or onset of AF. The association between AF incidence and explanatory variables (age, sex, body mass index, medical history and other) was analyzed. Finally, 12,206 patients were included (52.6% men, and mean age was 64.9 years); the mean follow-up was 36.7 months, and 394 (3.2%) patients were diagnosed with AF. The incidence of AF was 10.5/1000 person-years. Age (hazard ratio [HR] 1.06 per year; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-1.08), male sex (HR 1.88; 95% CI 1.53-2.31), obesity (HR 2.57; 95% CI 1.70-3.90), and heart failure (HR 2.44; 95% CI 1.45-4.11) were independent predictors (p < 0.001). We propose a risk score based on significant predictors, which enables the identification of people with hypertension who are at the greatest risk of AF.

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Research DesignAdultAgedAge FactorsAtrial FibrillationCohort StudiesFemaleFollow-Up StudiesForecastingHeart FailureHumansHypertensionIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedObesity

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PMCPMC7075918

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