Association of Smoking, Alcohol, and Obesity with Cardiovascular Death and Ischemic Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study and Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke and cardiovascular (CV) death. Whether modifiable lifestyle risk factors are associated with these CV outcomes in AF is unknown. Among Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study and Cardiovascular Health Study (CH...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Younghoon Kwon, Faye L Norby, Paul N Jensen, Sunil K Agarwal, Elsayed Z Soliman, Gregory Y H Lip, W T Longstreth, Alvaro Alonso, Susan R Heckbert, Lin Y Chen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0147065