TABLE 2.
Association of risk of incident atrial fibrillation with anthropometric factors, per standard deviation (SD) and quartiles (Q), among women (n = 55 041) and men (n = 53 376)
| Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 a | Model 2 b | Model 1 a | Model 2 b | |||
| Height, per SD | 1.27 (1.21‐1.33) | 1.19 (1.13‐1.26) | 1.29 (1.24‐1.33) | 1.16 (1.11‐1.21) | ||
| Height, cm | Q1 (<161) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | Q1 (<174) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
| Q2 (161‐164) | 1.23 (1.09‐1.39) | 1.15 (1.02‐1.30) | Q2 (174‐177) | 1.22 (1.10‐1.35) | 1.13 (1.01‐1.25) | |
| Q3 (165‐168) | 1.37 (1.20‐1.55) | 1.23 (1.08‐1.40) | Q3 (178‐182) | 1.36 (1.24‐1.50) | 1.16 (1.05‐1.28) | |
| Q4 (≥169) | 1.76 (1.54‐2.00) | 1.50 (1.31‐1.72) | Q4 (≥183) | 1.91 (1.73‐2.12) | 1.47 (1.31‐1.64) | |
| P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | |
| Weight, per SD | 1.37 (1.32‐1.43) | 1.26 (1.20‐1.32) | 1.38 (1.33‐1.42) | 1.27 (1.22‐1.32) | ||
| Weight, kg | Q1 (<60) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | Q1 (<75) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
| Q2 (60‐66) | 1.23 (1.06‐1.43) | 1.13 (0.97‐1.31) | Q2 (75‐81) | 1.30 (1.16‐1.44) | 1.18 (1.06‐1.32) | |
| Q3 (67‐74) | 1.40 (1.21‐1.63) | 1.20 (1.03‐1.40) | Q3 (82‐90) | 1.45 (1.31‐1.61) | 1.24 (1.11‐1.38) | |
| Q4 (≥75) | 2.17 (1.89‐2.49) | 1.67 (1.44‐1.93) | Q4 (≥91) | 2.33 (2.11‐2.58) | 1.79 (1.60‐2.01) | |
| P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | |
| Body mass index, per SD | 1.28 (1.23‐1.33) | 1.22 (1.17‐1.28) | 1.27 (1.23‐1.31) | 1.23 (1.19‐1.28) | ||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | <18.5 | 0.63 (0.33‐1.22) | 0.64 (0.33‐1.24) | <18.5 | 0.46 (0.15‐1.43) | 0.45 (0.14‐1.40) |
| 18.5‐24.9 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 18.5‐24.9 | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | |
| 25.0‐29.9 | 1.18 (1.06‐1.31) | 1.14 (1.02‐1.26) | 25.0‐29.9 | 1.25 (1.15‐1.35) | 1.21 (1.11‐1.31) | |
| 30.0‐34.9 | 1.58 (1.39‐1.81) | 1.43 (1.25‐1.65) | 30.0‐34.9 | 1.95 (1.75‐2.18) | 1.80 (1.61‐2.02) | |
| ≥35.0 | 2.56 (2.15‐3.05) | 2.19 (1.83‐2.62) | ≥35.0 | 2.69 (2.20‐3.28) | 2.37 (1.93‐2.90) | |
| P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | |
| Body surface area, per SD | 1.42 (1.36‐1.49) | 1.38 (1.32‐1.44) | 1.43 (1.38‐1.48) | 1.39 (1.35‐1.45) | ||
| Body surface area, m2 | Q1 (<1.65) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | Q1 (<1.91) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
| Q2 (1.65‐1.74) | 1.37 (1.19‐1.58) | 1.36 (1.18‐1.56) | Q2 (1.91‐2.01) | 1.37 (1.24‐1.52) | 1.35 (1.22‐1.50) | |
| Q3 (1.74‐1.84) | 1.57 (1.37‐1.80) | 1.53 (1.33‐1.75) | Q3 (2.01‐2.12) | 1.68 (1.52‐1.86) | 1.63 (1.47‐1.81) | |
| Q4 (≥1.84) | 2.40 (2.10‐2.73) | 2.23 (1.95‐2.55) | Q4 (≥2.12) | 2.42 (2.19‐2.68) | 2.28 (2.06‐2.53) | |
| P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | P for trend | <.001 | <.001 | |
Associations presented as hazard ratio and 95% confidence interval.
a
Model 1, Adjusted for age.
b
Model 2, Adjusted for age, s–cholesterol, education level, smoking, history of myocardial infarction, hypertension, diabetes, alcohol use, and physical activity. Analyses of height are adjusted for weight, and analyses of weight are adjusted for height.