Association of the Metabolic Syndrome With Atrial Fibrillation Among United States Adults (from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke [REGARDS] Study)

Metabolic syndrome (MS) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are associated with increased cardiovascular disease morbidity and mortality. This analysis evaluated the association between MS and AF in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) study. MS was defined using criteria r...

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Published in:The American journal of cardiology 2011-07, Vol.108 (2), p.227-232
Main Authors: Tanner, Rikki M., Baber, Usman, Carson, April P., Voeks, Jenifer, Brown, Todd M., Soliman, Elsayed Z., Howard, Virginia J., Muntner, Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology
Biological and medical sciences
Black or African American
Black People
Blood Glucose - analysis
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac dysrhythmias
Cardiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Cardiovascular
Cholesterol, HDL - blood
Electrocardiography
Female
Health Surveys
Heart
Humans
Hypertension - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Metabolic syndrome
Metabolic Syndrome - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Neurology
Obesity, Abdominal - epidemiology
Odds Ratio
Other metabolic disorders
Prevalence
Racial differences
Stroke
United States - epidemiology
Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system
Waist Circumference
White People
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