• Age-specific atrial fibrillation incidence, attributable risk factors and risk of stroke and mortality: results from the MORGAM Consortium 

      Morseth, Bente; Geelhoed, Bastiaan; Linneberg, Allan; Johansson, Lars; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Salomaa, Veikko; Iacoviello, Licia; Constanzo, Simona; Söderberg, Stefan; Niiranen, Teemu; Vishram, Julie K.K.; Njølstad, Inger; Wilsgaard, Tom; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Zeller, Tanja; Blankenberg, Stefan; Ojeda, Francisco; Schnabel, Renate B. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-02)
      <p><i>Background:</i> The main aim was to examine age-specific risk factor associations with incident atrial fibrillation (AF) and their attributable fraction in a large European cohort. Additionally, we aimed to examine risk of stroke and mortality in relation to new-onset AF across age. <p><i>Methods:</i> We used individual-level data (n=66 951, 49.1% men, age range 40–98 years at baseline) from ...
    • Alcohol consumption, cardiac biomarkers, and risk of atrial fibrillation and adverse outcomes 

      Csengeri, Dora; Sprünker, Ngoc-Anh; Di Castelnuovo, Augusto F; Niiranen, Teemu; Vishram-Nielsen, Julie K.K.; Costanzo, Simona; Soderberg, Stefan; Jensen, Steen M; Vartiainen, Erkki; Donati, Maria Benedetta; Magnussen, Christina; Camen, Stephan; Gianfagna, Francesco; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Kee, Frank; Kontto, Jukka; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Koenig, Wolfgang; Blankenberg, Stefan; de Gaetano, Giovanni; Jørgensen, Torben; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Zeller, Tanja; Salomaa, Veikko; Iacoviello, Licia; Schnabel, Renate B. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-13)
      Aims<p> <p>There is inconsistent evidence on the relation of alcohol intake with incident atrial fibrillation (AF), in particular at lower doses. We assessed the association between alcohol consumption, biomarkers, and incident AF across the spectrum of alcohol intake in European cohorts.<p> <p>Methods and results <p> In a community-based pooled cohort, we followed 107 845 individuals for the ...
    • Alcohol intake and total mortality in 142 960 individuals from the MORGAM Project: a population-based study 

      Di Castelnuovo, Augusto; Costanzo, Simona; Bonaccio, Marialaura; McElduff, Patrick; Salomaa, Veikko; Männistö, Satu; Moitry, Marie; Ferrières, Jean; Dallongeville, Jean; Thorand, Barbara; Brenner, Hermann; Ferrario, Marco; Veronesi, Giovanni; Pettenuzzo, Emanuela; Tamosiunas, Abdonas; Njølstad, Inger; Drygas, Wojciech; Nikitin, Yuri; Söderberg, Stefan; Kee, Frank; Grassi, Guido; Westermann, Dirk; Schrage, Benedikt; Dabboura, Salim; Zeller, Tanja; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Blankenberg, Stefan; Donati, Maria Benedetta; de Gaetano, Giovanni; Iacoviello, Licia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-09)
      Aim To test the association of alcohol consumption with total and cause-specific mortality risk. Design Prospective observational multi-centre population-based study. Setting Sixteen cohorts (15 from Europe) in the MOnica Risk, Genetics, Archiving and Monograph (MORGAM) Project. Participants A total of 142 960 individuals (mean age 50 ± 13 years, 53.9% men). Measurements Average alcohol intake by ...
    • Association of iron deficiency with incident cardiovascular diseases and mortality in the general population 

      Schrage, Benedict; Rübsamen, Nicole; Ojeda, Francisco; Thorand, Barbara; Peters, Annette; Koenig, Wolfgang; Söderberg, Stefan; Söderberg, Maja; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Njølstad, Inger; Kee, Frank; Linneberg, Allan; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Palosaari, Tarja; Salomaa, Veikko; Blankenberg, Stefan; Zeller, Tanja; Karakas, Mahir (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-10-05)
      Aims - Although absolute (AID) and functional iron deficiency (FID) are known risk factors for patients with cardiovascular (CV) disease, their relevance for the general population is unknown. The aim was to assess the association between AID/FID with incident CV disease and mortality in the general population.<p> <p>Methods and results - In 12 164 individuals from three European population-based ...
    • Risk Factors, Subsequent Disease Onset, and Prognostic Impact of Myocardial Infarction and Atrial Fibrillation 

      Camen, Stephan; Csengeri, Dora; Geelhoed, Bastiaan; Niiranen, Teemu; Gianfagna, Francesco; Vishram-Nielsen, Julie K.; Costanzo, Simona; Söderberg, Stefan; Vartiainen, Erkki; Börschel, Christin S.; Donati, Maria Benedetta; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Ojeda, Francisco M.; Kontto, Jukka; Mathiesen, Ellisiv B.; Jensen, Steen; Koenig, Wolfgang; Kee, Frank; de Gaetano, Giovanni; Zeller, Tanja; Jørgensen, Torben; Tunstall-Pedoe, Hugh; Blankenberg, Stefan; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Linneberg, Allan; Salomaa, Veikko; Iacoviello, Licia; Schnabel, Renate B. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-24)
      BACKGROUND: Although myocardial infarction (MI) and atrial fibrillation (AF) are frequent comorbidities and share common cardiovascular risk factors, the direction and strength of the association of the risk factors with disease onset, subsequent disease incidence, and mortality are not completely understood.<p> <p>METHODS AND RESULTS: In pooled multivariable Cox regression analyses, we examined ...
    • Risk prediction of atrial fibrillation and its complications in the community using hs troponin I 

      Börschel, Christin S.; Geelhoed, Bastiaan; Niiranen, Teemu; Camen, Stephan; Donati, Maria Benedetta; Havulinna, Aki S.; Gianfagna, Francesco; Palosaari, Tarja; Jousilahti, Pekka; Kontto, Jukka; Vartiainen, Erkki; Ojeda, Francisco M.; den Ruijter, Hester M.; Costanzo, Simona; de Gaetano, Giovanni; Di Castelnuovo, Augusto; Linneberg, Allan; Vishram-Nielsen, Julie K.; Løchen, Maja-Lisa; Koenig, Wolfgang; Jørgensen, Torben; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Blankenberg, Stefan; Iacoviello, Licia; Zeller, Tanja; Söderberg, Stefan; Salomaa, Veikko; Schnabel, Renate B. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-05)
      Aims - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is becoming increasingly common. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) do not explain all AF cases. Blood-based biomarkers reflecting cardiac injury such as high-sensitivity troponin I (hsTnI) may help close this gap.<p> <p>Methods - We investigated the predictive ability of hsTnI for incident AF in 45,298 participants (median age 51.4 years, 45.0% men) ...