Association Between Obesity and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Operations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Adrian V. Hernandez, MD, PhD, Roop Kaw, MD, Vinay Pasupuleti, MD, PhD, Pouya Bina, MD, John P.A. Ioannidis, MD, DSc, Hector Bueno, MD, PhD, Eric Boersma, PhD, Marc Gillinov, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 96, Issue 3, Pages 1104-1116 (September 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Flow diagram of selected studies. (POAF = postoperative atrial fibrillation.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Association between obesity and postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF). (CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance; SE = standard error.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Association between postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) and postoperative outcomes of (A) stroke, (B) respiratory failure, and (C) postoperative death. (CI = confidence interval; FE = finite element; M-H = Mantel-Haenszel.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Appendix Fig 1 Sensitivity analysis, excluding Jideus and colleagues (2000). (CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Appendix Fig 2 Subgroups by type of operation: coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) vs CABG + other. (CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Appendix Fig 3 Subgroups by study design (prospective cohorts vs retrospective cohorts). (CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Appendix Fig 4 Subgroups by year of publication: 1999 to 2007 vs 2008 to 2011. (CI = confidence interval; IV = inverse variance.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Appendix Fig 5 Cumulative meta-analysis. (CI = confidence interval). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 96, 1104-1116DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.029) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions