Incidence rate of infective endocarditis by socioeconomic position: a Danish nationwide cohort study (2000-2022).

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with lower socioeconomic positions have a higher risk of cardiac and infectious diseases than those with higher socioeconomic positions. However, how the increasing incidence of infective endocarditis among different socioeconomic groups has played out remains unclear. We therefore aimed to investigate nationwide temporal trends in infective endocarditis incidence rate by socioeconomic position in Denmark.

Methods

Using nationwide Danish registries, we investigated infective endocarditis incidence rate (2000-2022). As socioeconomic position indicator, we used affluence level (accounting for household-level income and wealth), dividing the population into low, medium, and high affluence. Average annual percentage changes were computed to evaluate temporal tr

SUBMITTER: Martiny SK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11987695 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature