Relation of Obesity to Outcomes of Hospitalizations for Atrial Fibrillation.

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-2019

Abstract

Obesity has been linked with increased incidence of atrial fibrillation (AF), but impact of presence of obesity on outcomes of hospitalizations for AF has not been investigated. We used the National Inpatient Sample database 2010 to 2014 to identify all adult hospitalizations aged ≥18years with a primary diagnosis of AF. Obese patients were identified using the co-morbidity variable for obesity, as defined in National Inpatient Sample databases. Multivariable logistic regression was used to compare in-hospital outcomes (mortality, acute stroke events) between obese and non-obese patients with AF. Of 431, 734 hospitalizations for AF, 66,138 (15.3%) were obese. Obese patients were younger and more likely to be African-Americans compared with non-obese patients. Despite being younger, obese patients had significantly higher prevalence of cardiovascular co-morbidities such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, smoking, heart failure, and chronic renal failure (p

Volume

123

Issue

9

First Page

1448

Last Page

1452

ISSN

1879-1913

Disciplines

Cardiology

PubMedID

30819431

Department(s)

Cardiology Division

Document Type

Article

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