Association between Body Mass Index and Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Non-valvular Atrial Fibrillation Receiving Direct Oral Anticoagulants: A New Piece of Evidence on the Obesity Paradox from China.
Shuyi WuNianxu HuangXia ChenShaojun JiangWang ZhangWei HuJun SuHengfen DaiPing GuXiaohong HuangXiaoming DuRuijuan LiQiaowei ZhengXiangsheng LinYanxia ZhangLang ZouYuxin LiuMin ZhangXiumei LiuZhu ZhuJianjun SunShanshan HongWeibin SheJin-Hua ZhangPublished in: Cardiovascular drugs and therapy (2022)
In patients with NVAF treated with DOACs, higher BMI was associated with lower major bleeding and better survival. BMI was a negative correlate of total bleeding, but not minor bleeding and thrombosis.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- direct oral anticoagulants
- oral anticoagulants
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- weight gain
- body mass index
- heart failure
- venous thromboembolism
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- metabolic syndrome
- insulin resistance
- weight loss
- pulmonary embolism
- type diabetes
- physical activity
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- high fat diet induced
- mitral valve
- free survival