Obesity is an important risk factor for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and atrial fibrillation (AF). Less is known about the relations between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and AF. We sought to evaluate the association between fatty liver and prevalent and incident AF in the community.We examined Framingham Heart Study participants who underwent a study-directed computed tomography scan, had hepatic steatosis (HS) evaluated, and did not report heavy alcohol use between 2002 and 2005. We evaluated cross-sectional associations between liver fat and prevalent AF with logistic regression models. We assessed the relations between liver fat and incident AF during 12-year follow-up with Cox proportional hazards models. Of 2122 participants (53

作者：Michelle T, Long；Xiaoyan, Yin；Martin G, Larson；Patrick T, Ellinor；Steven A, Lubitz；David D, McManus；Jared W, Magnani；Laila, Staerk；Darae, Ko；Robert H, Helm；Udo, Hoffmann；Raymond T, Chung；Emelia J, Benjamin

来源：Journal of the American Heart Association 2017 年 6卷 5期