Association between Obesity and Heart Failure and Related Atrial Fibrillation: Patient-Level Data Comparisons of Two Cohort Studies.
Young-Shin LeePil Sung YangEunsun JangDaehoon KimHee Tae YuTae-Hoon KimJae Sun UhmJung Hoon SungHui Nam PakMoon-Hyoung LeeBoyoung JoungPublished in: Yonsei medical journal (2024)
Obesity was associated with an increased risk of HF and HF-related AF in both Korean and UK populations. The higher incidence in the UK population was likely due to the higher proportion of obese individuals.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- weight loss
- heart failure
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- type diabetes
- acute heart failure
- high fat diet induced
- weight gain
- adipose tissue
- bariatric surgery
- cross sectional
- risk factors
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- electronic health record
- left ventricular
- direct oral anticoagulants
- left atrial appendage
- big data
- obese patients
- coronary artery disease
- physical activity
- artificial intelligence