Leisure-time physical activity increases the risk of atrial fibrillation in men

Monday, August 29, 2011 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

A Norwegian survey carried out between 1974 and 2003 showed that there was a graded independent increase in the risk of AF with increasing levels of physical activity in a population-based study among men with ostensibly no other heart disease. In women the data were inconclusive.

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