A multivariate analysis was performed after adjustment for current smoking status, current alcohol consumption status, dietary salt intake, amount of physical activity, type of work, income, BMI, C-reactive protein, triglyceride, and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels, use of antihypertensive, lipid-lowering, or hypoglycemic medication, history of myocardial infarction, and history of atrial fibrillation. This evidence concerns the gene CRP and atrial fibrillation.