TY - JOUR
T1 - Standardized prevalence ratios for atrial fibrillation in adult dialysis patients in Japan
AU - Ohsawa, Masaki
AU - Tanno, Kozo
AU - Okamura, Tomonori
AU - Yonekura, Yuki
AU - Kato, Karen
AU - Fujishima, Yosuke
AU - Obara, Wataru
AU - Abe, Takaya
AU - Itai, Kazuyoshi
AU - Ogasawara, Kuniaki
AU - Omama, Shinichi
AU - Turin, Tanvir Chowdhury
AU - Miyamatsu, Naomi
AU - Ishibashi, Yasuhiro
AU - Morino, Yoshihiro
AU - Itoh, Tomonori
AU - Onoda, Toshiyuki
AU - Kuribayashi, Toru
AU - Makita, Shinji
AU - Yoshida, Yuki
AU - Nakamura, Motoyuki
AU - Tanaka, Fumitaka
AU - Ohta, Mutsuko
AU - Sakata, Kiyomi
AU - Okayama, Akira
N1 - 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:
© 2016 Masaki Ohsawa et al.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - End-stage renal disease
KW - Standardized prevalence ratio
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U2 - 10.2188/jea.JE20150077
DO - 10.2188/jea.JE20150077
M3 - Short survey
C2 - 26804038
AN - SCOPUS:84964848367
SN - 0917-5040
VL - 26
SP - 272
EP - 276
JO - Journal of Epidemiology
JF - Journal of Epidemiology
IS - 5
ER -