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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012 Sep 12;60(15):1421–1428. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2012.06.030

Table 3.

T2D and risk of incident AF, stratified by selected baseline characteristics

Characteristic No baseline T2D (n=33783) Baseline T2D(n=937) P Value*

Age ≥ 65 y 0.01
    Yes (n = 3430)
        Events/participants 250/3294 8/136
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 0.85 (0.42 – 1.74)
    No (n = 31290)
        Events/participants 773/30489 48/801
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.54 (1.13 – 2.11)

Body mass index 0.10
    < 25 kg/m2 (n = 17720)
        Events/participants 431/17546 3/174
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 0.53 (0.17 – 1.66)
    25 – 30 kg/m2 (n = 10707)
        Events/participants 331/10418 16/289
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.19 (0.68 – 2.09)
    > 30 kg/m2 (n = 6260)
        Events/participants 260/5791 37/469
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.73 (1.21 – 2.48)

Hypertension 0.70
    Yes (n = 9175)
        Events/participants 430/8586 44/589
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.43 (1.03 – 2.00)
    No (n = 25545)
        Events/participants 593/25197 12/348
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.22 (0.69 – 2.17)

Hypercholesterolemia 0.82
    Yes (n = 10484)
        Events/participants 359/10041 27/443
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.37 (0.91 – 2.07)
    No (n = 24236)
        Events/participants 664/23742 29/494
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.35 (0.91 – 2.02)

Current Smoking 0.98
    Yes (n = 4306)
        Events/participants 92/4179 5/127
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.48 (0.57 – 3.84)
    No (n = 30388)
        Events/participants 929/29578 51/810
        HR (95% CI) 1 [Reference] 1.35 (1.00 – 1.83)

T2D=Type 2 diabetes

*

P value for interaction based on a likelihood ratio test with and without interaction terms in the models

All hazard ratios were adjusted for age, smoking, exercise, alcohol consumption, education, race/ethnicity, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, body mass index, and adult height