Independent effect of physical activity and resting heart rate on the incidence of atrial fibrillation in the general population.
- Title
- Independent effect of physical activity and resting heart rate on the incidence of atrial fibrillation in the general population.
- Author
- Kim, Chun Ki
- Keywords
- RISK-FACTORS; EXERCISE; MEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TRENDS; WOMEN
- Issue Date
- 2019-08
- Publisher
- NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
- Citation
- SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, article no. 11228
- Abstract
- While physical activity (PA) may influence resting heart rate (RHR), and a low RHR may be a risk factor for atrial fibrillation (AF), controversy exists regarding the association between PA and development of AF. Using data from a Korean, prospective population cohort, we investigated the independent effect of PA and RHR on the incidence of AF in the general population. A total of 8,811 participants aged 40-69 years were analyzed. Total PA assessed based on questionnaires was divided into quartiles, with the lowest to the highest being Q1, Q2, Q3, and Q4. During a median follow-up of 139 months, AF developed in 167 participants (1.9%). Q3 of total PA was associated with a significantly lower risk of AF than Q1 even after adjusting for RHR as a covariate, but Q4 was not. The risk of AF was higher in participants with RHR < 60 bpm than in those with RHR 70-85 bpm, and the significance persisted after adjusting for PA as a covariate. This study showed that a moderate amount of total PA was associated with a lower risk of incident AF independent of RHR and that low RHR was an independent risk factor for AF in the general Korean population.
- URI
- https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-47748-7https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/152420
- ISSN
- 2045-2322
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-019-47748-7
- Appears in Collections:
- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE[S](의과대학) > MEDICINE(의학과) > Articles
- Files in This Item:
- Independent effect of physical activity and resting heart rate on the incidence of atrial fibrillation in the general population.pdfDownload
- Export
- RIS (EndNote)
- XLS (Excel)
- XML