Risk Factors for Mortality From Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection: Results From a 26-Year Follow-Up of a Community-Based Population.

ABSTRACT: Background Aortic aneurysm rupture and acute aortic dissection are life-threatening conditions and represent an ever-growing public health challenge. Comprehensive epidemiologic investigations for their risk factors are scant. We aimed to investigate risk factors associated with mortality from aortic diseases through analysis of a community-based Japanese cohort. Methods and Results IPHS (Ibaraki Prefectural Health Study) comprises 95 723 participants who took part in municipal health checkups in 1993. Factors considered for analysis included age, sex, body mass index, blood pressure, serum lipids (high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol, non-HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides), diabetes, antihypertensive and lipid-lowering drug use, and smoking and drinking habits. Cox proportional haz

SUBMITTER: Koba A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10227264 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature