Incidence of atrial fibrillation in a population with impaired glucose tolerance: the contribution of glucose metabolism and other risk factors. A post hoc analysis of the Nateglinide and Valsartan in Impaired Glucose Tolerance Outcomes Research trial.

BACKGROUND: The role of dysglycemia as an additional risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF) is controversial. Therefore, it was of interest to assess risk factors for incident AF in a large, representative population of patients with cardiovascular risk factors and impaired glucose tolerance but...

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Main Authors: Latini, R, Staszewsky, L, Sun, J, Bethel, M, Disertori, M, Haffner, S, Holman, R, Chang, F, Giles, T, Maggioni, A, Rutten, G, Standl, E, Thomas, L, Tognoni, G, Califf, R, McMurray, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2013