Atrial fibrillation may be prevalent in individuals who report late-night dinner eating and concomitant breakfast skipping, a complex abnormal eating behavior around sleep

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 20;177(3):1124-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.058. Epub 2014 Aug 15.

Authors

Kei Nakajima¹, Kaname Suwa², Eiji Oda³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Clinical Nutrition, Department of Medical Dietetics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Josai University, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama 350-0295, Japan. Electronic address: keinaka@josai.ac.jp.
² Saitama Health Promotion Corporation, 519 Kamiookubo, Sakura, Saitama 338-0824, Japan.
³ Medical Check-up Center, Tachikawa Medical Center, Nagachou 2-2-16, Nagaoka, Niigata 940-0053, Japan.

PMID: 25147065
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.058

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Late-night dinner; Skipping breakfast.

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation / epidemiology*
Breakfast / physiology*
Breakfast / psychology*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Feeding Behavior / physiology*
Feeding Behavior / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Meals / physiology
Meals / psychology
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Self Report*
Time Factors