Association Between Metabolic Syndrome and the Increased Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Essential Hypertension Patients
- VernacularTitle:代谢综合征与原发性高血压患者发生心房颤动风险的关系
- Author:
Huilan LIU
;
Zhiping GUO
;
Xueli LU
;
Jinxiu LIN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Essential hypertension;
Metabolic syndrome;
Atrial fibrillation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Hypertension
2007;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To investigate the effect of metabolic syndrome(MS) on the atrial fibrillation(AF) in patients with essential hypertension(EH).Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted in a cohort of 1810 hospitalization essential hypertension patients,which were divided into EH+non MS group(n=1155) and EH+MS group(n=655) according to MS criteria.Results Incidence of AF in EH+MS group was higher than that in EH+non MS group(14.4% vs 8.3%,P
