Leisure-time physical activity increases risk of atrial fibrillation in men, but general health benefits from physical exercise outweigh risk
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 02:30
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.