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Association between autoimmune diseases and all-cause mortality in patients with cardiac arrhythmia

Asociación entre enfermedades autoinmunitarias y mortalidad por cualquier causa en pacientes con arritmias cardiacas

Le LiLingmin WuZhicheng HuLimin LiuLikun ZhouZhuxin ZhangMinghao ZhaoYulong XiongZhenhao ZhangLihui ZhengLigang DingYan Yao

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10.1016/j.rec.2024.12.008
Abstract
Introduction and objectives

Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are associated with an increased risk of developing certain cardiac arrhythmias. However, their prognostic effect in patients with cardiac arrhythmias has not been comprehensively investigated. We aimed to assess the association between ADs and prognosis in this population.

Methods

Based on a large retrospective observational cohort, this study included patients with various cardiac arrhythmias, including atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter (AF/AFl), ventricular tachycardia/ventricular fibrillation (VT/VF), and bradyarrhythmias. ADs were considered an exposure factor. The endpoint was all-cause mortality. Cox proportional hazards regression analyses were performed to calculate hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) to quantify associations. Propensity score matching was used to mitigate potential confounding bias.

Results

The analysis included 14 225 patients (mean age, 73.9±12.5 years, 59.2% women), of whom 4552 (32.0%) died within 1 year of discharge. After adjustment for various covariates, patients with ADs showed a higher risk of mortality in AF/AFl (HR, 1.23; 95%CI, 1.1-1.33; P<.001) and VT/VF (HR, 1.28; 95%CI, 1.02-1.60, P=.032). For bradyarrhythmias, although a potential association was observed, the trend did not reach statistical significance (HR, 1.20; 95%CI, 0.93-1.56; P=.168). The association persisted among multiple sensitivity analyses and remained consistent after adjustment for a wide range of covariates.

Conclusions

ADs were significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in patients with cardiac arrhythmias, particularly in those with AF/AFl and VT/VF.

Keywords

Autoimmune disease
Arrhythmias
Mortality
Sensitivity analysis

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