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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Jan 3;69(1):13–24. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.10.048

Table 2.

Risk of Atrial Fibrillation, Myocardial Infarction, and Congestive Heart Failure with Alcohol Abuse.

Atrial
Fibrillation		 Myocardial
Infarction		 Congestive
Heart Failure
Incidence Rate in events per 1,000 person-years (95% CI)
Overall Population 7.4 (7.4–7.4) 3.1 (3.0–3.1) 10.0 (10.0–10.0)
Alcohol Abuse 8.5 (8.3–8.7) 4.6 (4.6–4.7) 14.0 (13.7–14.2)
No Alcohol Abuse 7.4 (7.4–7.4) 3.1 (3.1–3.1) 9.8 (9.8–9.9)

CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio

Each model is adjusted for age, sex, race, hypertension, diabetes, coronary artery disease (for the AF and CHF outcomes), congestive heart failure (for the AF and MI outcomes), chronic kidney disease, valvular heart disease (for the AF and CHF outcomes), dyslipidemia, obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, cigarette smoking, and income.