Background Diabetes and elevated blood glucose have been associated with increased risk
of atrial fibrillation in a number of epidemiological studies, however, the findings have not …

Insulin resistance (IR) is a pathological condition strongly associated with obesity. However,
corticosteroids or growth hormone therapy and genetic diseases may affect insulin …

Importance Obesity is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation. Whether weight reduction and
cardiometabolic risk factor management can reduce the burden of atrial fibrillation is not …

The prevalence of diabetes is rapidly increasing and closely associated with cardiovascular
morbidity and mortality. While the major cardiovascular complication associated with …

A number of clinical studies have reported that diabetes mellitus (DM) is an independent risk
factor for Atrial fibrillation (AF). After adjustment for other known risk factors including age …

Background: Meta-analysis is a widely used tool in which weighted information from multiple
similar studies is aggregated to increase statistical power. However, the exponential growth …

The worldwide prevalence of diabetes mellitus and obesity is rapidly increasing not only in
adults but also in children and adolescents. Diabetes is associated with macrovascular …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic conditions and its prevalence
has increased continuously over the past decades, primarily due to the obesity epidemic …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents one of the most important risk factors for atrial fibrillation
(AF) while AF is a strong and independent marker of overall mortality and cardiovascular …

Background: An atrial fibrillation (AF) risk score for a non-Western general population has
not been established. Methods and Results: A total of 6,898 participants (30–79 years old) …