Does alcohol consumption increase the risk of onset of atrial fibrillation?
Alcohol consumption is causally linked to the onset of atrial fibrillation in a dose-dependent manner.
Epidemiological criteria for causality were met to conclude a causal impact of alcohol consumption on the onset of AF with a monotonic dose–response relationship. However, the impact of light drinking is not clear.
Samokhvalov et al. (Tue,) studied this question.