Alcohol intake and prognosis of atrial fibrillation patients
Atrial Fibrillation Tuesday, June 18th, 2013Heart BMJ: June 13, 2013
Abstract
Objective To assess alcohol intake as a risk factor for adverse events among patients with incident atrial fibrillation (AF).
Design Prospective cohort study.
Setting Population based cohort study and nationwide Danish registries.
Patients The Danish Diet, Cancer and Health study included 57 053 participants (27 178 men and 29 875 women) aged between 50 and 64 years. The study population for this study included the 3107 participants (1999 men, 1108 women) who developed incident AF after inclusion.
Main outcome measures A composite of thromboembolism or death. Read more
