Sex Differences in the Effect of Long-Term Blood Pressure Trajectories and Variability on the Atrial Fibrillation Risk in a Korean Cohort
Hee Jin Kwon, Seon-Ah Jin, Jae-Hyeong Park, Soon-Ki Ahn · 2026
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Hee Jin Kwon and co-authors published a journal article in 2026 on long-term blood pressure patterns and risk of atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat, in a Korean cohort. Data covered 45,663 adults aged 40 and over, followed from 2012 to 2019. Pressure paths over the prior decade formed two classes: stable-low and sustained-elevated.
Men, the elevated pressure class, and the highest quarter of visit-to-visit pressure swings each carried higher risk of the rhythm disorder. The elevated class raised risk by a factor of 1.42 overall. Split by sex, both pressure measures mattered in men, with raised risk of 1.47 and 1.25, but neither was significant in women. Age, weight, drinking, and diabetes also raised risk. The authors call the sex gap a new clue.
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| CREATOR | Hee Jin Kwon, Seon-Ah Jin, Jae-Hyeong Park, Soon-Ki Ahn |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48480 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |