Very Low Prevalence and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation among Bolivian Forager-Farmers.
Christopher J RowanMichael A EskanderEdmond SeabrightDaniel Eid RodriguezEdhitt Cortez LinaresRaul Quispe GutierrezJuan Copajira AdrianDaniel CummingsBret BeheimKirsten TolstrupAbinash AchrekarThomas S KraftDavid E MichalikMichael I MiyamotoAdel H AllamL Samuel WannJagat NarulaBenjamin C TrumbleJonathan StieglitzRandall C ThompsonGregory S ThomasHillard S KaplanMichael D GurvenPublished in: Annals of global health (2021)
Tsimane and Moseten show the lowest levels of atrial fibrillation ever reported, 1/20 to ~1/6 of rates in high-income countries. These findings provide additional evidence that a subsistence lifestyle with high levels of physical activity, and a diet low in processed carbohydrates and fat is cardioprotective, despite frequent infection-induced inflammation. Findings suggest that atrial fibrillation is a modifiable lifestyle disease rather than an inevitable feature of cardiovascular aging.
Keyphrases
- physical activity
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- weight loss
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- risk factors
- metabolic syndrome
- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- oxidative stress
- body mass index
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- machine learning
- sleep quality
- diabetic rats
- drug induced
- mental health
- venous thromboembolism