Observational studyCardiovascular diabetology2021
Sex, age, type of diabetes and incidence of atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes mellitus: a nationwide analysis.
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- Sodium-Glucose Co-Transporter Inhibitors and Atrial Fibrillation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Pooled it
- Associations between prediabetes, type 2 diabetes and incident atrial fibrillation in patients with hypertension: Results from the Swedish Primary Care Cardiovascular Database.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2026Article
- Atrial Fibrillation in Diabetes: Epidemiology, Mechanisms and Integrated Management.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Associations of the triglyceride-glucose index and its obesity-related derivatives with cardiac structure, function, and incident atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study using cardiac magnetic resonance.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2026Article
- Diabetes and ALDH2 Gene Polymorphism on Post-Ablation Atrial Fibrillation Recurrence.JACC. Asia · 2026Article
- Research on epicardial adipose tissue as a metabolic therapeutic target in AF: focus on GLP-1 receptor agonists.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- Global Epidemiological Transition of Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter (1990-2021): Multidimensional Burden Dynamics and Socioeconomic Health Gradients Across 204 Countries and Territories.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Diabetes, glycaemic traits and cardiovascular disease in females and males: Observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses in the UK Biobank.Diabetes, obesity & metabolism · 2025Observational
- Outcomes in Atrial Fibrillation Patients with Different Clinical Phenotypes: Insights from the French Population.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Gender-based differences in the association of self-reported sleep duration with cardiovascular disease and diabetes.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The incidence of diabetes mellitus and its determining factors in a Kurdish population: insights from a cohort study in western Iran.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- SGLT2 inhibitors: from glucose-lowering to cardiovascular benefits.Cardiovascular research · 2024Review
- Age and aging process alter the gut microbes.Aging · 2024Article
- Associations between self-reported sleep duration and incident cardiovascular diseases in a nationwide prospective cohort study of Chinese middle-aged and older adults.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Obesity and atrial fibrillation: a narrative review from arrhythmogenic mechanisms to clinical significance.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2023Review
- Analysis of age-dependent gene-expression in human tissues for studying diabetes comorbidities.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Association BetweenInternational journal of general medicine · 2023Article
- Glycemic control and atrial fibrillation: an intricate relationship, yet under investigation.Cardiovascular diabetology · 2022Review
- Glucose-lowering drug use and new-onset atrial fibrillation in patients with diabetes mellitus.Diabetologia · 2021Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThere remain uncertainties regarding diabetes mellitus and the incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF), in relation to type of diabetes, and the interactions with sex and age. We investigated whether diabetes confers higher relative rates of AF in women compared to men, and whether these sex-differences depend on type of diabetes and age.
methodsAll patients aged ≥ 18 seen in French hospitals in 2013 with at least 5 years of follow-up without a history of AF were identified and categorized by their diabetes status. We calculated overall and age-dependent incidence rates, hazard ratios, and women-to-men ratios for incidence of AF in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes (compared to no diabetes).
resultsIn 2,921,407 patients with no history of AF (55% women), 45,389 had prevalent type 1 diabetes and 345,499 had prevalent type 2 diabetes. The incidence rates (IRs) of AF were higher in type 1 or type 2 diabetic patients than in non-diabetics, and increased with advancing age. Among individuals with diabetes, the absolute rate of AF was higher in men than in women. When comparing individuals with and without diabetes, women had a higher adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of AF than men: adjusted HR 1.32 (95% confidence interval 1.27-1.37) in women vs. 1.12(1.08-1.16) in men for type 1 diabetes, adjusted HR 1.17(1.16-1.19) in women vs. 1.10(1.09-1.12) in men for type 2 diabetes.
conclusionAlthough men have higher absolute rates for incidence of AF, the relative rates of incident AF associated with diabetes are higher in women than in men for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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