Relations of Liver Fat With Prevalent and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in the Framingham Heart Study

Relations of Liver Fat With Prevalent and Incident Atrial Fibrillation in the Framingham Heart Study

BackgroundObesity is an important risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and atrial fibrillation (AF). Less is known about the relations between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and AF. We sought to evaluate the association between fatty liver and prevalent and incident AF in the community...

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Main Authors: Michelle T. Long, Xiaoyan Yin, Martin G. Larson, Patrick T. Ellinor, Steven A. Lubitz, David D. McManus, Jared W. Magnani, Laila Staerk, Darae Ko, Robert H. Helm, Udo Hoffmann, Raymond T. Chung, Emelia J. Benjamin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
epidemiology
liver
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
obesity
observational studies
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.005227

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