Epidemiology and risk factors of coronary artery aneurysm in Taiwan: a population based case control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is usually an asymptomatic and rare disease. There are limited epidemiological data for CAA in Asian populations and in the rest of the world.

Design

A retrospective case control study.

Setting

A population based, database study from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, between 2005 and 2011.

Participants

CAA patients identified using International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) code 414.11 with CAA examinations.

Outcome measures

The incidence rate and mortality rate of CAA were calculated. We also matched patients with non-CAA patients according to age, gender and index year at a 1:10 ratio to explore the risk factors for CAA using conditional logist

SUBMITTER: Fang CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5734584 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature