Causal Associations Between Socioeconomic Status, Intelligence, Cognition and Atrial Fibrillation
Our study suggests that education exerts a causal and protective effect against AF, independent of intelligence and cognition. Heart failure, obesity, and ischemic heart disease serve as mediating factors in the pathway from education to AF, underscoring the importance of considering these conditions in preventing AF associated with education inequality.
Authors
- Yili Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8455-9378)
- Zexuan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-773X)
- Gregory Y.H. Lip (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-1626)
- Wulamiding Kaisaier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-4042-895X)
- Min Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8301-5843)
- Chen Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9818-0454)
- Wengen Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1280-0158)
- Jiangui He
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (GB)
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
- Ministry of Health (TT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JACC Asia
- Published
- 2025-06-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacasi.2025.04.008
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.78
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Sun Yat-sen University
- Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province
- China Health Promotion Foundation
- Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province