Table 1 Association between atrial fibrillation and dementia
From: Lower dementia risk with anticoagulation and ablation in patients with atrial fibrillation
| Study (Year of publication) | Follow-up duration (years) | Age (years) of population (mean or median) | Types of dementia | Incidence of dementia | Increased dementia risk for AF (OR or HR [95% CI]) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AF | No AF | ||||||
|
Ott et al. [10] (1997) | Cross-sectional | 67.9 | All-cause | - | - | 2.3 (1.4–3.7) | |
| AD | - | - | 1.8 (1.0–3.3) | ||||
| VaD | - | - | 1.9 (0.6–5.5) | ||||
| Bunch et al. [7] (2010) | 5.3 | 60.6 | All-cause | 3.3% | 1.3% | 1.44 | |
| AD | 1.5% | 0.7% | 1.06 | ||||
| SD | 1.6% | 0.6% | 1.39 | ||||
| VaD | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.73 | ||||
| Dublin et al. [11] (2011) | 6.8 | 74.3 | All-cause | 4.8%/yr | 2.5%/yr | 1.38 (1.10–1.73) | |
| AD | 3.8%/yr | 2.0%/yr | 1.50 (1.16–1.94) | ||||
| Marengoni et al. [12] (2011) | 4.0 | 78 | All-cause | 7.2%/yr | 6.4%/yr | 0.9 (0.5–1.7) | |
| AD | 5.5%/yr | 5.2%/yr | 0.8 (0.4–1.5) | ||||
| Kim et al. [8] (2019) | 7.2 | 71.7 | All-cause | 4.1%/yr | 2.7%/yr | 1.52 (1.43–1.63) | |
| AD | 2.2%/yr | 1.6%/yr | 1.31 (1.20–1.43) | ||||
| VaD | 1.1%/yr | 0.5%/yr | 2.11 (1.85–2.41) | ||||