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We investigated the association of the serum n-6 PUFAs with the risk of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of cardiac arrhythmia.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The study included 2450 men from the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study, aged 42\u201360\u00a0years at baseline. The total n-6 PUFA includes linoleic acid (LA), arachidonic acid (AA), \u03b3-linolenic acid (GLA) and dihomo-\u03b3-linolenic acid (DGLA). Cox proportional hazards regression was used to estimate hazard ratio (HR) of incident events.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>During the mean follow-up of 22.4\u00a0years, 486 AF cases occurred. The multivariable-adjusted HR in the highest versus the lowest quartile of total serum n-6 PUFA concentration was 0.79 (95% CI 0.58\u20131.08, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> trend\u2009=\u20090.04). When evaluated individually, only serum LA concentration was inversely associated with AF risk (multivariable-adjusted extreme-quartile HR 0.69, 95% CI 0.51\u20130.94, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> trend\u2009=\u20090.02). These associations were stronger among the men without history of CHD or congestive heart failure at baseline, compared to men with such disease history (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> for interaction\u2009=\u20090.05 for total n-6 PUFA and LA). Similar associations were observed with dietary LA and AA intakes. No significant associations were observed with serum AA, GLA or DGLA concentrations.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Higher circulating concentration and dietary intake of n-6 PUFA, mainly LA, are associated with lower risk of AF, especially among men without history of CHD or congestive heart failure.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00394-021-02780-0","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,27]],"date-time":"2021-12-27T20:03:21Z","timestamp":1640635401000},"page":"1981-1989","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Serum n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of atrial fibrillation: the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"61","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8453-3909","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Behnam","family":"Tajik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tomi-Pekka","family":"Tuomainen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Masoud","family":"Isanejad","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jukka T.","family":"Salonen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jyrki K.","family":"Virtanen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"2780_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1453","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCRESAHA.114.303211","volume":"114","author":"J Andrade","year":"2014","unstructured":"Andrade J, Khairy P, Dobrev D, Nattel S (2014) The clinical profile and pathophysiology of atrial fibrillation: relationships among clinical features, epidemiology, and mechanisms. 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