Table 3 Association of prevalent and incident atrial fibrillation with cardiovascular risk factors in univariate cross-sectional and prospective analyses respectively

Age (≥70 vs. 60–69 years)

3.02 (1.82–5.02)

<0.0001

4.47 (1.98–10.06)

<0.0001

Obesity

0.63 (0.15–2.57)

0.52

1.47 (0.35–6.12)

0.60

Current smoking

1.48 (0.82–2.69)

0.20

1.28 (0.56–2.91)

0.55

Alcohol intake

0.95 (0.54–1.66)

0.84

1.27 (0.50–3.19)

0.60

Hypertension

1.30 (0.79–2.13)

0.31

1.33 (0.66–2.65)

0.42

Diabetes mellitus

0.54 (0.17–1.72)

0.30

0.79 (0.19–3.30)

0.74

Coronary heart disease

8.06 (1.80–36.17)

0.006

9.10 (2.18–38.0)

0.02

Chronic kidney disease

1.32 (0.81–2.14)

0.26

0.70 (0.34–1.42)

0.31