Coexisting atrial fibrillation and cancer : time trends and associations with mortality in a nationwide Dutch study

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology..

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Coexisting atrial fibrillation (AF) and cancer challenge the management of both. The aim of the study is to comprehensively provide the epidemiology of coexisting AF and cancer.

METHODS: Using Dutch nationwide statistics, individuals with incident AF (n = 320 139) or cancer (n = 472 745) were identified during the period 2015-19. Dutch inhabitants without a history of AF (n = 320 135) or cancer (n = 472 741) were matched as control cohorts by demographic characteristics. Prevalence of cancer/AF at baseline, 1-year risk of cancer/AF diagnosis, and their time trends were determined. The association of cancer/AF diagnosis with all-cause mortality among those with AF/cancer was estimated by using time-dependent Cox regression.

RESULTS: The rate of prevalence of cancer in the AF cohort was 12.6% (increasing from 11.9% to 13.2%) compared with 5.6% in the controls; 1-year cancer risk was 2.5% (stable over years) compared with 1.8% in the controls [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 1.52, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.46-1.58], which was similar by cancer type. The rate of prevalence of AF in the cancer cohort was 7.5% (increasing from 6.9% to 8.2%) compared with 4.3% in the controls; 1-year AF risk was 2.8% (stable over years) compared with 1.2% in the controls (aHR 2.78, 95% CI 2.69-2.87), but cancers of the oesophagus, lung, stomach, myeloma, and lymphoma were associated with higher hazards of AF than other cancer types. Both cancer diagnosed after incident AF (aHR 7.77, 95% CI 7.45-8.11) and AF diagnosed after incident cancer (aHR 2.55, 95% CI 2.47-2.63) were associated with all-cause mortality, but the strength of the association varied by cancer type.

CONCLUSIONS: Atrial fibrillation and cancer were associated bidirectionally and were increasingly coexisting, but AF risk varied by cancer type. Coexisting AF and cancer were negatively associated with survival.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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European heart journal - (2024) vom: 15. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Qingui [VerfasserIn]
van Rein, Nienke [VerfasserIn]
van der Hulle, Tom [VerfasserIn]
Heemelaar, Julius C [VerfasserIn]
Trines, Serge A [VerfasserIn]
Versteeg, Henri H [VerfasserIn]
Klok, Frederikus A [VerfasserIn]
Cannegieter, Suzanne C [VerfasserIn]

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Atrial fibrillation
Incidence
Journal Article
Mortality
Neoplasms
Prevalence

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Date Revised 15.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1093/eurheartj/ehae222

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NLM371088739