Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is Associated With Increased Atrial Fibrillation Risk in an Elderly Chinese Population: a Cross-sectional Study
Conditions: Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Atrial Fibrillation, Cross-sectional Study
Sponsor: Ningbo No. 1 Hospital

Title: 
Explore the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and atrial 
fibrillation in an elderly Chinese population 
 
Date: 
2017/12/3 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Objective: Explore the association of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and 
atrial fibrillation in an elderly Chinese population 
Design: Compose a cross-sectional study analysing clinical data of the 
elderly adults (≥ 65 years) who took health examination in Zhenhai 
Lianhua hospital, Ningbo, China in 2014.  
Methods:  
●Get the approval of Hospital Ethics Committee for this study.  
●Gather the physical examination results of the elderly adults (≥65 
years old) who had undergone an annual physical examination at Zhenhai 
Lianhua Hospital, Ningbo, China in 2014.  
●Exclude the following participants: (1) those with unknown alcohol 
intake or excessive alcohol intake; (2) those with unknown BMI or BMI≤
18.0kg/m2; (3) those with incomplete basic physical data; (3) those with 
missing liver ultrasonic diagnosis; (4) those with unknown causes of 
chronic liver disease.  
●Verbally informe all the participants and get agreement to participate 
in the study. 
●Analyse the physical examination results of the participants using 
Student’s t-test or the Mann-Whitney U test or chi-square test or Fisher’
s exact test.  
●Make tables and charts. 
●Analyse the results and write paper.