TABLE 3.
Association between relative weight change and incident atrial fibrillation, stratified by sex
| Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Model 1 a | Model 2 b | n (%) | Model 1 a | Model 2 b | |
| Weight change, per % | 21 243 | 0.997 (0.99‐1.01) | 0.995 (0.98‐1.01) | 19 032 | 1.00 (0.99‐1.01) | 1.00 (0.99‐1.01) |
| Weight decrease >7% | 1540 (7.2) | 1.11 (0.74‐1.66) | 1.06 (0.71‐1.60) | 818 (4.3) | 0.98 (0.67‐1.44) | 0.88 (0.60‐1.30) |
|
Weight decrease >3% to 7%, |
1871 (8.8) | 0.99 (0.67‐1.45) | 1.01 (0.68‐1.48) | 1498 (7.9) | 1.05 (0.80‐1.37) | 1.02 (0.78‐1.33) |
| Stable weight c | 5344 (25.2) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) | 6015 (31.6) | 1 (ref.) | 1 (ref.) |
|
Weight increase >3% to 7% |
4430 (20.9) | 1.03 (0.78‐1.36) | 1.02 (0.77‐1.35) | 4650 (24.4) | 0.95 (0.78‐1.15) | 0.92 (0.76‐1.12) |
| Weight increase >7% | 8058 (37.9) | 0.92 (0.72‐1.19) | 0.88 (0.68‐1.13) | 6051 (31.8) | 0.97 (0.81‐1.17) | 0.92 (0.76‐1.10) |
Associations presented as hazard ratio with 95% confidence interval.
a
Model 1, Adjusted for age and height, obtained at the second health examination.
b
Model 2, Adjusted for variables: age, height, s–cholesterol, education level, smoking, history of myocardial infarction, hypertension, diabetes, alcohol use, and physical activity, obtained at the second health examination.
c
Stable weight: weight decrease or weight increase of ≤3% of baseline weight.