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Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Atrial Fibrillation The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, v 57(11), pp 1154-1158
01 Nov 2015
PMID: 26539762
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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.
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- Title
- Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Atrial Fibrillation The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study
- Creators
- Wesley T. O'Neal - Department of Internal Medicine (Dr O'Neal)Waqas T. Qureshi - Wake Forest UniversitySuzanne E. Judd - University of Alabama at BirminghamLeslie A. McClure - University of VermontMary Cushman - University of Alabama at BirminghamVirginia J. Howard - Wake Forest UniversityGeorge Howard - Univ Alabama Birmingham, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Biostat, Birmingham, AL USAElsayed Z. Soliman - Wake Forest Sch Med, Cardiol Sect, Dept Internal Med, Winston Salem, NC 27157 USA
- Publication Details
- Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, v 57(11), pp 1154-1158
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- U01 NS041588 / National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Service; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS) U01NS041588 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke (NINDS)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000369635600007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84946834687
- Other Identifier
- 991019231646504721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health