Pfister, Roman, Michels, Guido, Braegelmann, Johannes, Sharp, Stephen J., Luben, Robert, Wareham, Nick J. and Khaw, Kay-Tee (2014). Plasma vitamin C and risk of hospitalisation with diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in men and women in EPIC-Norfolk prospective study. Int. J. Cardiol., 177 (3). S. 830 - 836. CLARE: ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. ISSN 1874-1754
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Background: Fruit and vegetable intake has been associated with lower risk for cardiovascular risk factors and disease. Data on its association with atrial fibrillation are lacking. Methods and results: We examined the prospective association of plasma vitamin C concentration as a biomarker for fruit and vegetable intake with the risk of hospitalisation with diagnosis of atrial fibrillation in apparently healthy 8,760 men and 10,530 women aged 39-79 participating in the EPIC-study in Norfolk. The hazard ratios of atrial fibrillation comparing each quartile of plasma vitamin C concentration with the lowest were 0.76 (95% CI 0.57-1.00), 0.73 (95% CI 0.55-0.98) and 0.77 (95% CI 0.58-1.01) in women (p for trend 0.05) and 0.81 (95% CI 0.63-1.03), 0.96 (95% CI 0.76-1.22) and 1.01 (95% CI 0.79-1.28) in men (p for trend 0.66) after adjustment for age, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, systolic blood pressure, diabetes, use of blood pressure medication and body-mass index, with a significant gender x vitamin C interaction (p = 0.03). Assuming a linear association, a 20 mu mol/l increase in plasma vitamin C concentration (1 standard deviation) was associated with a 13% (95% CI 3-22%) relative reduction in risk of atrial fibrillation in women. Conclusion: Plasma vitamin C was inversely associated with the risk of atrial fibrillation in women, but there was no such association in men. Our findings suggest that intake of food rich in vitamin C might be preventive for atrial fibrillation with a significant benefit particularly in women with low baseline intake. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-420064 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.11.016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Int. J. Cardiol. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 177 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 830 - 836 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | CLARE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1874-1754 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/42006 |
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