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Educational attainment, family income, and whether the patient was living alone were assessed at the time of ablation. We used cause-specific proportional hazard models to estimate hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) adjusted for age and sex. In secondary analyses, we adjusted for comorbidities, antiarrhythmic medication, and prior electrical cardioversion.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>We selected 9728 patients (mean age 61 years, 70% men), and 5881 patients had AF recurrence over an average of 1.37 years after ablation (recurrence rate 325.7 (95% CI 317.6\u2013334.2) per 1000 person-years). Lower education (HR 1.09 [1.02\u20131.17] and 1.07 [1.01\u20131.14] for lower and medium vs. higher), lower income [HR 1.14 (1.06\u20131.22) and 1.09 (1.03\u20131.17) for lower and medium vs. higher], and living alone [HR 1.07 (1.00\u20131.13)] were associated with increased rates of recurrence of AF. We found no evidence of interaction between sex or prior HF with SDOH. The association between family income and AF recurrence was stronger among patients\u00a0&amp;lt;\u00a065 years compared with those aged \u2265\u00a065 years. The associations between SDOH and AF recurrence did not persist in the multivariable model.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>AF was more likely to recur among patients with lower educational attainment, lower family income, or those living alone. Multidisciplinary efforts are needed to reduce socioeconomic inequity in the effect of ablation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ehjqcco\/qcac071","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,24]],"date-time":"2022-10-24T16:41:30Z","timestamp":1666629690000},"page":"632-638","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Social determinants of health and recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation: a Danish nationwide cohort study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0558-8483","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Nicklas","family":"Vinter","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Diagnostic Centre, University Clinic for Development of Innovative Patient Pathways, Silkeborg Regional Hospital , Silkeborg 8600 ,","place":["Denmark"]},{"name":"Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University , Aarhus 8200 ,","place":["Denmark"]},{"name":"Danish Center for Clinical Health 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