Standardized prevalence ratios for atrial fibrillation in adult dialysis patients in Japan

Masaki Ohsawa; Kozo Tanno; Tomonori Okamura; Yuki Yonekura; Karen Kato; Yosuke Fujishima; Wataru Obara; Takaya Abe; Kazuyoshi Itai; Kuniaki Ogasawara; Shinichi Omama; Tanvir Chowdhury Turin; Naomi Miyamatsu; Yasuhiro Ishibashi; Yoshihiro Morino; Tomonori Itoh; Toshiyuki Onoda; Toru Kuribayashi; Shinji Makita; Yuki Yoshida; Motoyuki Nakamura; Fumitaka Tanaka; Mutsuko Ohta; Kiyomi Sakata; Akira Okayama

doi:10.2188/jea.JE20150077

Standardized prevalence ratios for atrial fibrillation in adult dialysis patients in Japan

Masaki Ohsawa, Kozo Tanno, Tomonori Okamura, Yuki Yonekura, Karen Kato, Yosuke Fujishima, Wataru Obara, Takaya Abe, Kazuyoshi Itai, Kuniaki Ogasawara, Shinichi Omama, Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Naomi Miyamatsu, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Yoshihiro Morino, Tomonori Itoh, Toshiyuki Onoda, Toru Kuribayashi, Shinji Makita, Yuki YoshidaMotoyuki Nakamura, Fumitaka Tanaka, Mutsuko Ohta, Kiyomi Sakata, Akira Okayama

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Background: While it is assumed that dialysis patients in Japan have a higher prevalence of atrial fibrillation (AF) than the general population, the magnitude of this difference is not known. Methods: Standardized prevalence ratios (SPRs) for AF in dialysis patients (n = 1510) were calculated compared to data from the general population (n = 26 454) living in the same area. Results: The prevalences of AF were 3.8% and 1.6% in dialysis patients and the general population, respectively. In male subjects, these respective values were 4.9% and 3.3%, and in female subjects they were 1.6% and 0.6%. The SPRs for AF were 2.53 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.88-3.19) in all dialysis patients, 1.80 (95% CI, 1.30-2.29) in male dialysis patients, and 2.13 (95% CI, 0.66-3.61) in female dialysis patients. Conclusions: The prevalence of AF in dialysis patients was twice that in the population-based controls. Since AF strongly contributes to a higher risk of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity in the general population, further longitudinal studies should be conducted regarding the risk of several outcomes attributable to AF among Japanese dialysis patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	272-276
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of epidemiology
Volume	26
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150077
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Atrial fibrillation
End-stage renal disease
Standardized prevalence ratio

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Ohsawa, M., Tanno, K., Okamura, T., Yonekura, Y., Kato, K., Fujishima, Y., Obara, W., Abe, T., Itai, K., Ogasawara, K., Omama, S., Turin, T. C., Miyamatsu, N., Ishibashi, Y., Morino, Y., Itoh, T., Onoda, T., Kuribayashi, T., Makita, S., ... Okayama, A. (2016). Standardized prevalence ratios for atrial fibrillation in adult dialysis patients in Japan. Journal of epidemiology, 26(5), 272-276. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150077

Ohsawa, M, Tanno, K, Okamura, T, Yonekura, Y, Kato, K, Fujishima, Y, Obara, W, Abe, T, Itai, K, Ogasawara, K, Omama, S, Turin, TC, Miyamatsu, N, Ishibashi, Y, Morino, Y, Itoh, T, Onoda, T, Kuribayashi, T, Makita, S, Yoshida, Y, Nakamura, M, Tanaka, F, Ohta, M, Sakata, K & Okayama, A 2016, 'Standardized prevalence ratios for atrial fibrillation in adult dialysis patients in Japan', Journal of epidemiology, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 272-276. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20150077

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note = "Funding Information: We sincerely appreciate the significant contribution made by Prof. Tomoaki Fujioka, who is a professor emeritus at the Iwate Medical University and former president of the KAREN Study. The study was supported by grants to Masaki Ohsawa (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Ippan C 21590660 and Ippan B 24390155) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; grants to Tomoaki Fujioka (H21-Jinshikkanippan-003), Akira Ogawa (H17-Choju-ippan-025; H19-Choju-ippan-030), and Tomonori Okamura (Comprehensive Research on Cardiovascular and Life-Style Related Diseases: H23-Junkankitou [Seishuu]-Ippan-005 and Comprehensive Research on Cardiovascular and Life-Style Related Diseases: H26-Junkankitou [Seisaku]-Ippan-001) from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; and grants to Akira Okayama, Kuniaki Ogasawara, and Kazuyoshi Itai from the Japan Arteriosclerosis Prevention Fund. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2016 Masaki Ohsawa et al.",

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