Different Influence of Blood Pressure on New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Pre- and Postmenopausal Women: A Nationwide Population-Based Study

Hypertension. 2021 May 5;77(5):1500-1509. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16513. Epub 2021 Mar 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiology, Korea University College of Medicine and Korea University Medicine Anam Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (Y.G.K., Y.K., Y.Y.C., H.Y.C., S.-Y.R., J.S., J.S.K., J.-I.C., Y.-H.K.).
² Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Republic of Korea (K.-D.H.).

^# Contributed equally.

PMID: 33719508
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16513

Abstract

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Keywords: atrial fibrillation; blood pressure; hypertension; menopause; risk factors.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology*
Blood Pressure / physiology*
Female
Health Surveys
Humans
Hypertension / physiopathology*
Middle Aged
Postmenopause
Risk Assessment