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Abnormal Heart Rhythm Risk Seen in 'Big Men': Study
According to the new research from the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, being big includes height and weight.
The study, which has been published in the latest issue of the European Heart Journal, was initiated in 1970.
Over 7,000 men living in Gothenburg aged between 45 and 55 were examined and asked questions about their lifestyle. The subjects were asked to state their weight at the age of 20. The research material has now been compared with the National Patient Register.
"Atrial fibrillation proved to be significantly more common both among those men who were big during their youth, as well as among those who gained a considerable amount of weight later on in life," says Annika Rosengren, Professor of Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy.
The study reveals that the risk of atrial fibrillation increases linearly with both body size and weight gain. The larger the men were in their 20s and the more weight they gained during their life, the greater the risk.
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