Adulthood weight changes, body mass index in youth, genetic susceptibility and risk of atrial fibrillation: a population-based cohort study

Y Du, L Qi, Y Borné, E Sonestedt - BMC medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Epidemiological evidence on weight change and atrial fibrillation (AF) remains
limited and inconsistent. Previous studies on body mass index (BMI) in youth and AF rarely …

Are body mass index changes related to incident atrial fibrillation?—Results of the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Cohort

BJ Medina-Inojosa… - European Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Atrial fibrillation (AF) prevalence is significantly rising worldwide, with over 33 million
prevalent cases and 5 million incident cases. 1, 2 Experts predict these numbers will triple …

Editorial comment: focus on risk prediction and assessment

A Attanasio, MF Piepoli - European Journal of Preventive …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Cardiovascular diseases still represent the leading cause of mortality worldwide. 1 Tailored
cardiovascular prevention is necessary to reduce the burden of cardiovascular mortality. The …

A novel non-invasive estimate of biological age: can an echocardiogram measure the patient's age?

JA Naser, GC Kane… - European Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The impact of aging balances the cumulative burden of chronic stress and life events, the
allostatic load, with the capacity for physiologic adaptation to these stressors. This load …