Atrial fibrillation (AF) is highly prevalent in dialysis patients, however whether its impact differs between patients on haemodialysis (HD) vs. peritoneal dialysis (PD) is unknown. We aimed to compare the association of AF and clinical outcomes in different dialysis modalities. We performed a population based retrospective cohort study, including adult patients who initiated dialysis between the years 2002 and 2015. Clinical, echocardiographic and laboratory data were reviewed and correlated with outcomes in HD vs. PD. During the study period, 1,130 patients began dialysis. Of the 997 patients without AF before dialysis initiation, 17% developed new-onset AF after the initiation of dialysis (17.3% of HD vs. 13.7% of PD patients, p = 0.27). Using multivariate analysis, only enlarged left atrium at dialysis initiation (hazard ratio (HR) 2.82, CI95% 2.00-3.99) and age (HR 1.04, CI95% 1.03-1.06) were significantly associated with AF. Dialysis modality was not a significant predictor of AF in either univariate or multivariate analysis. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that AF is common in dialysis patients irrespective of modality. In our cohort, the risk factors associated with AF were older age and enlarged left atrium. AF was associated with increased rates of heart failure and mortality, but not stroke.

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