P K Garg1, M L Biggs2, R Kaplan3, J R Kizer4, S R Heckbert5, K J Mukamal6. 1. Division of Cardiology, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Electronic address: parveeng@med.usc.edu. 2. Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 3. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. 4. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA; Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA. 5. Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 6. Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Existing literature in individuals without diabetes has not demonstrated a relationship between IR and incident AF; however, data are limited and only fasting glucose measures of IR were assessed. We evaluated the relationship of both fasting and post-glucose load IR measures with the development of atrial fibrillation in nondiabetic older adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Among Cardiovascular Health Study participants, a population-based cohort of 5888 adults aged 65 years or older enrolled in two waves (1989-1990 and 1992-1993), those without prevalent AF or diabetes and with IR measures at baseline were followed for the development of AF, identified by follow-up visit electrocardiograms, hospital discharge diagnosis coding, or Medicare claims data, through 2014. Fasting IR was determined by the homeostatic model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and post-glucose load IR was determined by the Gutt index. Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine the association of IR with risk of AF. Analyses included 3601 participants (41% men) with a mean age of 73 years. Over a median follow-up of 12.3 years, 1443 (40%) developed AF. After multivariate adjustment, neither HOMA-IR nor the Gutt index was associated with risk of developing AF [hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals): 0.96 (0.90, 1.03) for 1-SD increase in HOMA-IR and 1.03 (0.97, 1.10) for 1-SD decrease in the Gutt index]. CONCLUSIONS: We found no evidence of an association between either fasting or post-glucose load IR measures and incident AF.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Existing literature in individuals without diabetes has not demonstrated a relationship between IR and incident AF; however, data are limited and only fasting glucose measures of IR were assessed. We evaluated the relationship of both fasting and post-glucose load IR measures with the development of atrial fibrillation in nondiabetic older adults. METHODS AND RESULTS: Among Cardiovascular Health Study participants, a population-based cohort of 5888 adults aged 65 years or older enrolled in two waves (1989-1990 and 1992-1993), those without prevalent AF or diabetes and with IR measures at baseline were followed for the development of AF, identified by follow-up visit electrocardiograms, hospital discharge diagnosis coding, or Medicare claims data, through 2014. Fasting IR was determined by the homeostatic model of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) and post-glucose load IR was determined by the Gutt index. Cox proportional hazards models were used to determine the association of IR with risk of AF. Analyses included 3601 participants (41% men) with a mean age of 73 years. Over a median follow-up of 12.3 years, 1443 (40%) developed AF. After multivariate adjustment, neither HOMA-IR nor the Gutt index was associated with risk of developing AF [hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals): 0.96 (0.90, 1.03) for 1-SD increase in HOMA-IR and 1.03 (0.97, 1.10) for 1-SD decrease in the Gutt index]. CONCLUSIONS: We found no evidence of an association between either fasting or post-glucose load IR measures and incident AF.
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