Birth weight and the risk of atrial fibrillation in whites and African Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) study

BACKGROUND: Low birth weight (LBW) has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). A previous study, however, found higher risk of atrial fibrillation (AF) in individuals with higher birth weight (BW). To further understand this apparent paradox, we examined the relations...

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Autori principali: Lawani, Sherifat O, Demerath, Ellen W, Lopez, Faye L, Soliman, Elsayed Z, Huxley, Rachel R, Rose, Kathryn M, Alonso, Alvaro
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Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: BioMed Central 2014
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4045869/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885251
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-14-69
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