Association between alcohol consumption and subclinical atrial fibrillation

Table 3 Incidence and risk of AHRE according to drinking status after propensity score matching

	Patients, n	Events, n	Events /100 PYR	P value	Unadjusted HR (95% CI)	P value	Adjusted HR* (95% CI)	P value
AHRE (≥ 6min, < 6h)
Non-alcohols	78	14	9.63		Reference		Reference
Alcohols	51	11	18.22	0.10	1.68 (0.77—3.65)	0.19	1.57 (0.68—3.62)	0.29
AHRE (≥ 6h, < 24h)
Non-alcohols	78	7	4.53		Reference		Reference
Alcohols	51	7	9.75	0.14	2.02 (0.72—5.67)	0.18	1.56 (0.53—4.58)	0.42
AHRE (≥ 24h)
Non-alcohols	78	2	1.27		Reference		Reference
Alcohols	51	5	6.97	0.02	4.91 (1.09—22.15)	0.03	7.84 (1.21—50.93)	0.03

*Adjusted for age, sex, BMI, hypertension, DM, dyslipidemia, HF, previous MI, previous peripheral disease, previous stroke/TIA
AHRE indicates atrial high-rate episode with detection rate of 220 beats/min
AHRE Atrial high-rate episode; HR Hazard ratio; CI Confidence interval; BMI Body mass index; DM Diabetes mellitus; MI Myocardial infarction; TIA Transient ischemic attack

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