Risk of stroke or myocardial infarction hospitalisation following hospitalisation for community-acquired pneumonia in Portugal: a self-controlled case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to assess the risk of cardiovascular hospitalisations (stroke or myocardial infarction (MI)) following a community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) hospitalisation in a large Portuguese administrative dataset.

Design

Self-controlled case series study.

Setting

We used hospitalisation data from National Health Service hospitals across Portugal between 2010 and 2018.

Participants

Adults hospitalised for both CAP and stroke/MI in Portugal during the 2010-2018 period (n=13 494, of which 10 400 with stroke and 3094 with MI).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We considered CAP hospitalisation as the exposure (14-, 28- and 91-day exposure periods) and acute cardiovascular (stroke or MI) hospitalisations as the outcome. Incidence rate ratios (IRR

SUBMITTER: Carneiro J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12598951 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature