Socioeconomic disparities in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair rates and survival.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is more prevalent in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas. This study investigated socioeconomic disparities in AAA repair rates and survival.

Methods

The study used ecological and cohort study designs, from 31 672 census areas in England (April 2006 to March 2018), the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2010 as the area-level deprivation indicator, and Poisson, logistic and Cox regression.

Results

Some 77 606 patients (83.4 per cent men) in four age categories (55-64, 65-74, 75-84, 85 or more years) were admitted with AAA from a population aged at least 55 years of 14.7 million. Elective open and endovascular repair rates were 41 (95 per cent c.i. 23 to 61) and 60 (36 to 89) per cent higher respectively among men aged 55-64 year

SUBMITTER: Maheswaran R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364757 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature