Hypertension & Alcohol Afib Risk Factors Explained

Added: 2026-05-28

[00:00:00]Number two, hypertension.

[00:00:02]This carries the single highest population level risk for AFib of any factor we know. And in patients under 60, a Korean cohort study found hypertension nearly doubled their AFib risk. A bigger relative impact than in older adults. Millennials of younger Americans have uncontrolled blood pressure right now and don't know it.

[00:00:27]Number three, alcohol. Every standard drink per day increases AFib risk by 8%.

[00:00:33]At five drinks per day, that's a 47% higher risk. Binge drinking, which is common in younger demographics, is a well-established AFib trigger. And in one study of patients who developed AFib before age 45, moderate to heavy alcohol use was a leading cause in one in four cases.