Table 3 Adjusted incidence rate ratios for atrial fibrillation according to exposure to a bereavement in adulthood
Exposure | Death of a parent or a sibling | Death of a parent | Death of a siblinga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Events/person-years | Model 1 IRR (95% CI)b | Model 2 IRR (95% CI)c | Events/person-years | Model 2 IRR (95% CI)c | Events/person-years | Model 2 IRR (95% CI)c | |
Unexposed | 7158/127,901,121 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 7356/129,284,682 | 1.00 | 7919/126,530,901 | 1.00 |
Any loss in adulthood | 950/2,801,341 | 1.26 (1.17–1.35) | 1.24 (1.16–1.33) | 894/2,617,274 | 1.23 (1.14–1.32) | 116/346,867 | 1.22 (1.01–1.46) |
Cause of deathd | |||||||
Death due to CVD | 244/588,453 | 1.54 (1.35–1.75) | 1.52 (1.34–1.74) | 243/589,926 | 1.50 (1.32–1.71) | 17/29,595 | 1.93 (1.20–3.11) |
Other natural deaths | 557/1,791,782 | 1.17 (1.07–1.28) | 1.15 (1.06–1.26) | 568/1,748,276 | 1.15 (1.05–1.26) | 39/135,859 | 1.00 (0.73–1.36) |
Unnatural death | 122/400,240 | 1.25 (1.04–1.50) | 1.24 (1.03–1.48) | 78/260,991 | 1.20 (0.96–1.50) | 57/177,268 | 1.23 (0.95–1.60) |
Age of offspring at the time of loss (in years) | |||||||
19–25 | 389/1,406,237 | 1.30 (1.17–1.44) | 1.28 (1.15–1.42) | 349/1,280,672 | 1.25 (1.12–1.39) | 50/188,884 | 1.21 (0.92–1.61) |
26–30 | 252/739,687 | 1.21 (1.06–1.37) | 1.19 (1.05–1.35) | 243/699,174 | 1.20 (1.05–1.37) | 30/85,628 | 1.19 (0.83–1.70) |
> 30 | 309/655,418 | 1.25 (1.11–1.42) | 1.24 (1.10–1.39) | 302/637,428 | 1.23 (1.09–1.39) | 36/72,355 | 1.24 (0.89–1.73) |
Sex of the deceased parent | |||||||
Mother | NA | NA | NA | 296/856,798 | 1.24 (1.10–1.40) | NA | NA |
Father | NA | NA | NA | 598/1,760,476 | 1.22 (1.12–1.33) | NA | NA |