Cumulative burden of metabolic syndrome and its components on the risk of atrial fibrillation: a nationwide population-based study

Abstract Background The metabolic syndrome (MetS) and its components are associated with the development of atrial fibrillation (AF). However, the impact of time-burden of MetS on the risk of AF is unknown. We investigated the effect of the cumulative longitudinal burden of MetS on the development o...

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Main Authors: Hyo-Jeong Ahn, Kyung-Do Han, Eue-Keun Choi, Jin-Hyung Jung, Soonil Kwon, So-Ryoung Lee, Seil Oh, Gregory Y. H. Lip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-01-01
Series:Cardiovascular Diabetology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-021-01215-8