1. Comparison of Risk of Atrial Fibrillation in Black Versus White Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.
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Efird JT, Gudimella P, O'Neal WT, Griffin WF, Landrine H, Kindell LC, Davies SW, Sarpong DF, O'Neal JB, Crane P, Nelson MA, Ferguson TB, Chitwood WR, Kypson AP, and Anderson EJ
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- Aged, Body Mass Index, Coronary Artery Disease complications, Coronary Artery Disease ethnology, Female, Humans, Likelihood Functions, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity ethnology, Regression Analysis, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Black or African American, Atrial Fibrillation ethnology, Coronary Artery Bypass, Coronary Artery Disease surgery, Obesity complications, White People
- Abstract
Obesity has been identified as a risk factor for postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, no studies have addressed the influence of race on this association. A total of 13,594 patients undergoing first-time, isolated CABG without preoperative AF between 1992 and 2011 were included in our study. The association between body mass index and POAF was compared by race. Relative risk and 95% CIs were computed using maximum likelihood log-binomial regression. Increasing levels of body mass index were associated with higher POAF risk after CABG in black but not white patients (pinteraction = 0.0009)., (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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