- Title
- Comparison of risk of atrial fibrillation in black versus white patients after coronary artery bypass grafting
- Creator
- Efird, Jimmy T.; Gudimella, Preeti; Nelson, Margaret A.; Ferguson, Thomas Bruce; Chitwood, Walter Randolph; Kypson, Alan P.; Anderson, Ethan J.; O'Neal, Wesley T.; Griffin, William F.; Landrine, Hope; Kindell, Linda C.; Davies, Stephen W.; Sarpong, Daniel F.; O'Neal, Jason B.; Crane, Patricia
- Relation
- American Journal of Cardiology Vol. 117, Issue 7, p. 1095-1100
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.12.056
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- 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).
- Subject
- postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF); racial differences; obesity; heart disease; bypass surgery
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1348302
- Identifier
- uon:30184
- Identifier
- ISSN:0002-9149
- Language
- eng
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