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Psychological stress and risk of incident atrial fibrillation in men and women with known atrial fibrillation genetic risk scores.
Scientific reports - 14 Feb 2017
Svensson Thomas, Kitlinski Mariusz, Engström Gunnar, Melander Olle
Abstract excerpt
Psychological stress has been reported as a possible trigger of atrial fibrillation (AF). No studies have investigated whether any association between stress and AF could be modified by genetic susceptibility to AF (AF-genetic risk score (AF-GRS)). 8765 men and 13,543 women from the Malmö Diet Cancer Study, a population-based cohort, were included in the analyses. A variable representing stress was constructed...
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