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BioMed Central, Cardiovascular Diabetology, 1(14), p. 5, 2015

DOI: 10.1186/s12933-014-0170-3

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Body weight and risk of atrial fibrillation in 7,169 patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes; an observational study

Journal article published in 2015 by Irene Grundvold, Johan Bodegard ORCID, Peter M. Nilsson, Bodil Svennblad, Gunnar Johansson, Carl Johan Östgren, Johan Sundström
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Abstract

Abstract Background Obesity, type 2 diabetes and atrial fibrillation (AF) are closely associated, but the underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. We aimed to explore associations between body mass index (BMI) or weight change with risk of AF in patients with type 2 diabetes. Methods A total of 7,169 participations with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes were stratified according to baseline BMI, and after a second BMI measurement within 18 months, further grouped according to relative weight change as “weight gain” (>1 BMI unit), “stable weight” (+/− 1 BMI unit) and “weight loss” (