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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
Volume 135, Issue 9, Pages 1093-+Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.04.012
Keywords
Atrial fibrillation; Microvascular disease; Nephropathy; Neuropathy; Type 2 diabetes
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- NIH/NHLBI [K23 HL153774]
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This study evaluated the associations of microvascular disease in multiple vascular beds and its burden with incident atrial fibrillation among adults with type 2 diabetes. The presence of microvascular disease and its burden were independently associated with higher risk of incident atrial fibrillation in a large cohort of adults with type 2 diabetes.
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological data on the associations of microvascular disease with atrial fibrillation are scarce. We evaluated the associations of diabetes-related microvascular disease in multiple vascular beds and its burden with incident atrial fibrillation among adults with type 2 diabetes.METHODS: A total of 7603 participants with type 2 diabetes and without atrial fibrillation were assessed for diabetic kidney disease, retinopathy, or neuropathy at baseline in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) study. Incident atrial fibrillation events were adjudicated using follow-up electrocardiograms. Modified Poisson regression was used to generate risk ratios (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for atrial fibrillation.RESULTS: Of the 7603 participants (mean age 62.5 years, 38.0% women, 63.4% white), 63.3% (n = 4816) had microvascular disease-defined as the presence of >= 1 of: diabetic kidney disease, retinopathy, or neuropathy at baseline. Over a median of 7 years, there were 137 atrial fibrillation events (1.8%). Participants with microvascular disease had a 1.9-fold higher risk of incident atrial fibrillation compared with those without microvascular disease (RR 1.88; 95% CI, 1.20-2.95). Compared with no microvascular disease, the RRs for atrial fibrillation were 1.62 (95% CI, 1.01-2.61) and 2.47 (95% CI, 1.46-4.16) for those with 1 and >= 2 microvascular territories affected, respectively. The RRs for atrial fibrillation by type of microvascular disease were 1.57 (95% CI, 1.09-2.26), 0.95 (95% CI, 0.53-1.70), and 1.67 (95% CI, 1.15-2.44) for neuropathy, retinopathy, and diabetic kidney disease, respectively.CONCLUSIONS: In a large cohort of adults with type 2 diabetes, the presence of microvascular disease and its burden were independently associated with higher risk of incident atrial fibrillation.(c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. center dot The American Journal of Medicine (2022) 135:1093-1100
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