Cargando…

Gout and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation in older adults: a study of US Medicare data

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association of gout with new-onset atrial fibrillation (AF) in the elderly. METHODS: We used the 5% Medicare data from 2005 to 2012 to assess whether a diagnosis of gout was associated with incident AF. We used multivariable Cox regression adjusted for demographics, Charlson...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Singh, Jasvinder A, Cleveland, John D
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6045725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000712