low carb diet & AFIB – part 2 Posted on 2019-05-152019-05-18 by Sameer Oza Here is another substudy of the ARIC study published last week. low-carb-diet-and-AFIB-1Download 13,385 patients were followed for 22.4 years. An increase of 9.4% in carbohydrate intake (corresponding to 1 standard deviation) was associated with an 18% lower rate of incident AF. Kaplan‐Meier curve of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) by quartiles of carbohydrate intake as a percentage of energy.