Prevalence, incidence, and outcomes across cardiovascular diseases in homeless individuals using national linked electronic health records.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

The risk and burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) are higher in homeless than in housed individuals but population-based analyses are lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate prevalence, incidence and outcomes across a range of specific CVDs among homeless individuals.

Methods and results

Using linked UK primary care electronic health records (EHRs) and validated phenotypes, we identified homeless individuals aged ≥16 years between 1998 and 2019, and age- and sex-matched housed controls in a 1:5 ratio. For 12 CVDs (stable angina; unstable angina; myocardial infarction; sudden cardiac death or cardiac arrest; unheralded coronary death; heart failure; transient ischaemic attack; ischaemic stroke; subarachnoid haemorrhage; intracerebral haemorrhage; peripheral a

SUBMITTER: Nanjo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7672531 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature