Birth weight and the risk of atrial fibrillation in whites and African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Alvaro Alonso²  Kathryn M Rose¹  Rachel R Huxley³  Elsayed Z Soliman⁴  Faye L Lopez²  Ellen W Demerath²  Sherifat O Lawani² 

[1] Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, and Social and Scientific Systems, Inc, Durham, NC, USA;Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN, USA;School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE), Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

关键词: Sex;    Race;    Birth weight;    Atrial fibrillation;   

Others  :  855044
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2261-14-69

 received in 2014-02-21, accepted in 2014-05-23,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Low birth weight (LBW) has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A previous study, however, found higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in individuals with higher birth weight (BW). To further understand this apparent paradox, we examined the relationship between AF and BW in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort.

Methods

The analysis included 10,132 individuals free of AF at baseline (1996–1998), who provided BW information, were not born premature, and were not a twin. Self-reported BW was categorized as low (<2.5 kg), medium (2.5-4 kg), and high (>4.0 kg). AF incidence was ascertained from hospital discharge codes and death certificates. We used multivariable Cox proportional hazard models to determine the hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of AF across BW groups.

Results

During an average follow-up of 10.3 years, we identified 882 incident AF cases. LBW was associated with higher risk of AF. Compared to individuals in the medium BW category, the HR (95% CI) of AF was 1.33 (0.99, 1.78) for LBW and 1.00 (0.81, 1.24) for high BW after adjusting for sociodemographic variables (p for trend = 0.29). Additional adjustment for CVD risk factors did not attenuate the associations (HR 1.42, 95% CI 1.06, 1.90 for LBW and HR 0.86, 95% CI 0.69-1.07 for high BW, compared to medium BW, p for trend = 0.01).

Conclusion

LBW was associated with a higher risk of AF. This association was independent of known predictors of AF and is consistent with that observed for other cardiovascular diseases.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Lawani et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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