Review Article

Association between Sleep Apnea Hypopnea Syndrome and the Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Study

Table 2

Metaregression (inverse variance weights, ).

Var.Coeff.Std. Err. value95% Conf. Interval

Year0.04020.61(−0.1200, 0.0767)
Age0.00680.045(−0.0342, −0.0005)
Gender0.53421(−1.3070, 1.3076)
Sample size0.702(, )
Follow-up duration0.07210.02230.018(0.017, 0.1269)
NOS score0.24930.1310.106(, 0.5698)
SAHS diagnosis0.2340.567(, 0.4310)
Country0.42660.1260.015(0.1182, 0.7350)

NOS: Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; SAHS: sleep apnea hypopnea syndrome.