. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2015 Jun 14;170(3):498–505.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2015.06.007

Table 2.

Ten-year atrial fibrillation incidence rate in Health ABC participants included in the analysis, per 1000 person-years follow-up (95% CI), across BMI categories and other adiposity measures quartiles.

BMI Category	18.5 to 25 kg/m²	25.1 to 30 kg/m²	30.1 to 40 kg/m²	>40.1 kg/m²

	16.6 (13.6, 19.7)	15.7 (13.2, 18.2)	18.3 (14.2, 22.3)	17.3 (11.0, 23.6)
Adiposity Measure	1^st Quartile	2^nd Quartile	3^rd Quartile	4^th Quartile

Abdominal circumference	14.0 (10.8, 17.1)	17.8 (14.3, 21.3)	14.8 (11.6, 18.0)	19.9 (16.1, 23.6)
Subcutaneous abdominal fat	19.7 (15.8, 23.6)	14.8 (11.6, 18.1)	15.7 (12.3, 19.0)	14.6 (11.3, 17.8)
Visceral abdominal fat	12.0 (9.1, 14.9)	17.2 (13.8, 20.7)	16.3 (12.9, 19.7)	18.7 (15.0, 22.3)
Total Fat mass	17.9 (14.3, 21.6)	15.9 (12.6, 19.2)	15.0 (11.8, 18.2)	17.2 (13.8, 20.6)
Total percent fat	18.5 (14.8, 22.2)	20.1 (16.3, 23.9)	14.0 (10.9, 17.1)	13.2 (10.2, 16.2)

Health ABC indicates Health, Aging and Body Composition Study; BMI, body mass index; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.