Table 2 The association between change in periodontal disease status and incident atrial fibrillation risk

Periodontal disease-free

1.87

6,098,095.73

1.30

1 (reference)

 < 0.001

1 (reference)

0.032

Periodontal disease-recovered

1.99

3,537,490.38

1.39

1.07 (1.03,1.11)

 < 0.001

1.00 (0.97,1.04)

0.998

Periodontal disease-developed

2.05

3,414,135.87

1.43

1.10 (1.06,1.14)

 < 0.001

1.03 (1.01,1.06)

0.041

Periodontal disease-chronic

2.23

4,892,083.45

1.56

1.20 (1.16,1.23)

 < 0.001

1.04 (1.01,1.07)

0.019