Resting heart rate and physical activity as risk factors for lone atrial fibrillation: a prospective study of 309 540 men and women

Dag S Thelle; Randi Selmer; Knut Gjesdal; Solveig Sakshaug; Astanand Jugessur; Sidsel Graff-Iversen; Aage Tverdal; Wenche Nystad

doi:10.1136/heartjnl-2013-303825

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Heart rhythm disorders

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Resting heart rate and physical activity as risk factors for lone atrial fibrillation: a prospective study of 309 540 men and women

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Dag S Thelle Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Community Medicine and Public Health, Institute of Medicine, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, SwedenDivision of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Randi Selmer Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Knut Gjesdal Department of Cardiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo University Hospital Ullevål, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Solveig Sakshaug Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Astanand Jugessur Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayCraniofacial Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Australia PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sidsel Graff-Iversen Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayInstitute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Aage Tverdal Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Wenche Nystad Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Dag S Thelle, Department of Biostatistics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Postboks 1122 Blindern, Oslo N-0317, Norway; d.s.thelle{at}medisin.uio.no

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Thelle DS, Selmer R, Gjesdal K, et al

Resting heart rate and physical activity as risk factors for lone atrial fibrillation: a prospective study of 309 540 men and women

Heart 2013;99:1755-1760.

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Received February 12, 2013
Revised May 22, 2013
Accepted May 24, 2013
First published June 8, 2013.

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October 25, 2017

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