Per Wändell1, Axel C Carlsson1,2, Martin J Holzmann3,4, Johan Ärnlöv1,5, Jan Sundquist6,7, Kristina Sundquist6,7. 1. a Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Division of Family Medicine and Primary Care , Karolinska Institutet , Huddinge , Sweden. 2. b Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Epidemiology , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden. 3. c Functional Area of Emergency Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital , Stockholm , Sweden. 4. d Department of Internal Medicine , Solna, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden. 5. e School of Health and Social Studies , Dalarna University , Falun , Sweden. 6. f Center for Primary Health Care Research, Lund University , Malmö , Sweden. 7. g Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai , New York , NY , USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the association between cardiovascular co-morbidities and mortality risk in primary care patients with atrial fibrillation. METHODS: The study population included all adults (n = 12,283) ≥ 45 years diagnosed with AF at 75 primary care centres in Sweden between 2001 and 2007. The outcome was mortality (until 2010) and data were explored for co-morbidities using Cox regression with hazard ratios (HRs). Analyses were performed stratified by sex and by age-group (45-64, 65-74 and ≥75 years of age) with adjustment for age, socio-economic factors and relevant co-morbidities. RESULTS: During a mean of 5.8 years (standard deviation 2.4) of follow-up, 3954 (32%) patients died (1971 (35%) women, and 1983 (30%) men). High HRs were found for congestive heart disease (CHF) and cerebrovascular diseases for all age-groups among men and women (except for the 45-64 year old women); for coronary heart disease among the oldest men; for diabetes among the 65-74 year old men and the 45-64 year old women. Low HRs were found for hypertension among women ≥75 years of age. CONCLUSIONS: In this clinical setting, CHF and cerebrovascular diseases were consistently associated with mortality in all age-groups. The possible protective effect by hypertension among elderly women should be interpreted with caution. KEY MESSAGES We found congestive heart failure and cerebrovascular diseases to be consistently associated with mortality in both women and men. We found hypertension to be associated with lower mortality risk among women ≥75 years of age, although this finding must be interpreted with caution. Depression was found to be associated with increased mortality risk among men and women aged 65-74 years of age.
OBJECTIVE: To study the association between cardiovascular co-morbidities and mortality risk in primary care patients with atrial fibrillation. METHODS: The study population included all adults (n = 12,283) ≥ 45 years diagnosed with AF at 75 primary care centres in Sweden between 2001 and 2007. The outcome was mortality (until 2010) and data were explored for co-morbidities using Cox regression with hazard ratios (HRs). Analyses were performed stratified by sex and by age-group (45-64, 65-74 and ≥75 years of age) with adjustment for age, socio-economic factors and relevant co-morbidities. RESULTS: During a mean of 5.8 years (standard deviation 2.4) of follow-up, 3954 (32%) patients died (1971 (35%) women, and 1983 (30%) men). High HRs were found for congestive heart disease (CHF) and cerebrovascular diseases for all age-groups among men and women (except for the 45-64 year old women); for coronary heart disease among the oldest men; for diabetes among the 65-74 year old men and the 45-64 year old women. Low HRs were found for hypertension among women ≥75 years of age. CONCLUSIONS: In this clinical setting, CHF and cerebrovascular diseases were consistently associated with mortality in all age-groups. The possible protective effect by hypertension among elderly women should be interpreted with caution. KEY MESSAGES We found congestive heart failure and cerebrovascular diseases to be consistently associated with mortality in both women and men. We found hypertension to be associated with lower mortality risk among women ≥75 years of age, although this finding must be interpreted with caution. Depression was found to be associated with increased mortality risk among men and women aged 65-74 years of age.
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