Joint Associations of Obesity and NT-proBNP With the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in the ARIC Study.

J Am Heart Assoc · 2019 · PMC6806039 · PMID 31564186

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3 At the same time, an increasing trend in the prevalence of obesity has been observed in US adults. 4 Obese individuals are at higher risk of developing AF. 5 Natriuretic peptides (NP), such as BNP (B‐type NP) and atrial NP are produced by cardiac myocytes in response to stretching of atrial or ventricular walls, 6 , 7 with higher lev

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