Wesley T O'Neal1, Waqas T Qureshi, Suzanne E Judd, Leslie A McClure, Mary Cushman, Virginia J Howard, George Howard, Elsayed Z Soliman. 1. Department of Internal Medicine (Dr O'Neal); Department of Internal Medicine (Dr Qureshi, Dr Soliman), Section on Cardiology, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Department of Biostatistics (Dr Judd, Dr McClure, Dr G Howard), School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Departments of Medicine and Pathology (Dr Cushman), Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington; Department of Epidemiology (Dr VJ Howard), School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Epidemiological Cardiology Research Center (EPICARE) (Dr Soliman), Department of Epidemiology and Prevention, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS: We examined the cross-sectional association between ETS exposure and AF in 12,021 participants (mean age: 65 ± 9.9 years; 60% women; 40% blacks) from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study who self-identified as never smokers between 2003 and 2007. RESULTS: A total of 2503 (21%) participants reported ETS exposure. In a multivariate logistic regression model adjusted for sociodemographics and potential confounders, ETS exposure was significantly associated with AF (odds ratio = 1.27, 95% confidence interval = 1.08, 1.50). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the harmful effects of ETS exposure extend to sustained arrhythmias such as AF.
OBJECTIVE: This study examines the association between environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure and atrial fibrillation (AF). METHODS: We examined the cross-sectional association between ETS exposure and AF in 12,021 participants (mean age: 65 ± 9.9 years; 60% women; 40% blacks) from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study who self-identified as never smokers between 2003 and 2007. RESULTS: A total of 2503 (21%) participants reported ETS exposure. In a multivariate logistic regression model adjusted for sociodemographics and potential confounders, ETS exposure was significantly associated with AF (odds ratio = 1.27, 95% confidence interval = 1.08, 1.50). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the harmful effects of ETS exposure extend to sustained arrhythmias such as AF.
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