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Socioeconomic Position, Comorbidity, and Mortality in Aortic Aneurysms: A 13-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

Ohrlander, Tomas ; Merlo, Juan LU orcid ; Ohlsson, Henrik LU ; Sonesson, Björn LU and Acosta, Stefan LU orcid (2012) In Annals of Vascular Surgery 26. p.312-321
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To evaluate factors associated with incidence and 3-year all-cause mortality in patients with aortic aneurysm (AA). The design is sex and age-stratified (60-79 and 80-90 years) prospective cohort. By using the population register, we constituted a cohort of all men and women born between 1900 and 1930 and living in Scania by 1991, and followed them for 13 years. Identification of AA was based on hospital discharge diagnosis obtained from the Swedish Patient Register or from the information on death certificates from the Cause of Death Register. METHODS: We applied stepwise Cox regression and investigated both AA incidence (1991-2003) as well as 3-year survival after the first hospitalization for AA. RESULTS: We found an inverse... (More)
BACKGROUND: To evaluate factors associated with incidence and 3-year all-cause mortality in patients with aortic aneurysm (AA). The design is sex and age-stratified (60-79 and 80-90 years) prospective cohort. By using the population register, we constituted a cohort of all men and women born between 1900 and 1930 and living in Scania by 1991, and followed them for 13 years. Identification of AA was based on hospital discharge diagnosis obtained from the Swedish Patient Register or from the information on death certificates from the Cause of Death Register. METHODS: We applied stepwise Cox regression and investigated both AA incidence (1991-2003) as well as 3-year survival after the first hospitalization for AA. RESULTS: We found an inverse relation between AA incidence and previous hospitalization by diabetes mellitus in women (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.41; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.19-0.88) and in men (HR: 0.38; 95% CI: 0.24-0.61) aged 60-79 years. Three-year all-cause mortality after diagnosis of AA was 58.6% in women, 50.2% in men, 72.9% in octogenarians, and 43.7% for nonoctogenarians. Low income, chronic respiratory diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, dementia, systemic connective tissue disorders, renal failure, and malignant neoplasms were independent factors for mortality in 60-79-year-old men with AA. CONCLUSIONS: Inferior socioeconomic position is associated with increased 3-year all-cause mortality in 60-79-year-old men with AA. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{BACKGROUND: To evaluate factors associated with incidence and 3-year all-cause mortality in patients with aortic aneurysm (AA). The design is sex and age-stratified (60-79 and 80-90 years) prospective cohort. By using the population register, we constituted a cohort of all men and women born between 1900 and 1930 and living in Scania by 1991, and followed them for 13 years. Identification of AA was based on hospital discharge diagnosis obtained from the Swedish Patient Register or from the information on death certificates from the Cause of Death Register. METHODS: We applied stepwise Cox regression and investigated both AA incidence (1991-2003) as well as 3-year survival after the first hospitalization for AA. RESULTS: We found an inverse relation between AA incidence and previous hospitalization by diabetes mellitus in women (hazard ratio [HR]: 0.41; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.19-0.88) and in men (HR: 0.38; 95% CI: 0.24-0.61) aged 60-79 years. Three-year all-cause mortality after diagnosis of AA was 58.6% in women, 50.2% in men, 72.9% in octogenarians, and 43.7% for nonoctogenarians. Low income, chronic respiratory diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, dementia, systemic connective tissue disorders, renal failure, and malignant neoplasms were independent factors for mortality in 60-79-year-old men with AA. CONCLUSIONS: Inferior socioeconomic position is associated with increased 3-year all-cause mortality in 60-79-year-old men with AA.}},
  author       = {{Ohrlander, Tomas and Merlo, Juan and Ohlsson, Henrik and Sonesson, Björn and Acosta, Stefan}},
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  title        = {{Socioeconomic Position, Comorbidity, and Mortality in Aortic Aneurysms: A 13-Year Prospective Cohort Study.}},
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