Has the first year of the COVID pandemic impacted the trends in obesity-related CVD mortality between 1999 and 2019 in the United States?

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the covid-19 pandemic there was a marked rise in the number of cardiovascular deaths. Obesity is a well-known modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has been identified as a factor which leads to poorer covid-19 related outcomes. In this study we aimed to analyse the impact of covid-19 on obesity-related cardiovascular deaths compared to trends seen 20 years prior. We also analysed the influence different demographics had on mortality.

Methods

Multiple Cause of Mortality database was accessed through CDC WONDER to obtain the obesity-related and general cardiovascular crude mortality and age adjusted mortality rates (AMMR) between 1999 and 2020 in the US. The obesity-related sample was stratified by demographics and cardiovascular mortality wa

SUBMITTER: Qamar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10999992 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature