Trends in Atrial Fibrillation‐Related Mortality Among Adults With Obesity in the United States From 1999 to 2024
Aymen Ahmed, Ruqiat Masooma Batool, Saad Ahmed Waqas, Hasan Fareed Siddiqui, Muhammad Sameer Arshad, Neha Saleem Paryani, Izza Shahid, Hasibullah Aminpoor, Ali Mithani, Muhammad Talha Ayub · 2026
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Aymen Ahmed and a large team track a deadly pairing in United States death records in this 2026 study. Atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat rhythm, kills more often in people with obesity, and the team charted how that toll changed from 1999 to 2024.
Using the national CDC WONDER database, they counted 63,853 deaths where both conditions were listed. The adjusted death rate rose roughly eleven-fold over the period. Rates ran higher in men than women and in White Americans than Black Americans, and rural areas beat cities. The Midwest had the highest rate while the South rose fastest. The authors call for targeted prevention.
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| CREATOR | Aymen Ahmed, Ruqiat Masooma Batool, Saad Ahmed Waqas, Hasan Fareed Siddiqui, Muhammad Sameer Arshad, Neha Saleem Paryani, Izza Shahid, Hasibullah Aminpoor, Ali Mithani, Muhammad Talha Ayub |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29120 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |