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ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2023

Associations of dietary patterns with risk of incident atrial fibrillation in the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS).

Parveen K Garg, Nicole Wilson, Emily B Levitan, James M Shikany, Virginia J Howard, P K Newby, Suzanne Judd, George Howard, Mary Cushman, Elsayed Z Soliman

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Article in European journal of nutrition, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Parveen K GargDivision of Cardiology, USC Keck School of Medicine, 1510 San Pablo St. Suite 322, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA. parveeng@med.usc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6482-2711
Nicole WilsonDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Emily B LevitanDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
James M ShikanyDivision of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Virginia J HowardDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
P K NewbyFood Matters Media, LLC, Boston, MA, USA.
Suzanne JuddDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
George HowardDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Mary CushmanDepartments of Medicine and Pathology, Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
Elsayed Z SolimanDepartment of Medicine, Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE), Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USKeck Hospital of USC · USUniversity of Vermont · USWake Forest University · US

Funding

VCID and Stroke in a Bi-racial National CohortU01NS041588 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI CUSHMAN, MARY, HOWARD, GEORGE · 2002 to 2022
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NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS041588
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe examined whether the risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) in a large, biracial, prospective cohort is lower in participants who adhere to heart-healthy dietary patterns and higher in participants who adhere to less heart-healthy diets.

methodsBetween 2003 and 2007, the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort study enrolled 30,239 Black and White Americans aged 45 years or older. Dietary patterns (convenience, plant-based, sweets, Southern, and alcohol and salads) and the Mediterranean diet score (MDS) were derived based on food frequency questionnaire data. The primary outcome was incident AF at the follow-up visit 2013-2016, defined by either electrocardiogram or self-reported medical history of a physician diagnosis.

resultsThis study included 8977 participants (mean age 63 ± 8.3 years; 56% women; 30% Black) free of AF at baseline who completed the follow-up exam an average of 9.4 years later. A total of 782 incident AF cases were detected. In multivariable logistic regression analyses, neither the MDS score (odds ratio (OR) per SD increment = 1.03; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.95-1.11) or the plant-based dietary pattern (OR per SD increment = 1.03; 95% CI 0.94-1.12) were associated with AF risk. Additionally, an increased AF risk was not associated with any of the less-healthy dietary patterns.

conclusionsWhile specific dietary patterns have been associated with AF risk factors, our findings fail to show an association between diet patterns and AF development.

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Atrial FibrillationDiet, MediterraneanStrokeAgedCohort StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesRace FactorsRisk FactorsAtrial fibrillationDietary patternsMediterranean style dietPrevention

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