Demographic, lifestyle and comorbid risk factors for all-cause mortality in a Danish cohort of middle-aged adults with incident asthma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to identify factors associated with all-cause mortality in adults with incident asthma.

Design and setting

Cross-sectional cohort study, in the metropolitan areas of Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark.

Participants

Adults aged 50-64 years enrolled in the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health cohort were followed up from baseline (1993-1997) in the National Patients Registry for first-time admissions for asthma and vital status. We defined incident asthma as at least one first-time hospital admission with asthma as the primary registered diagnosis between baseline and end of follow-up (2013) in participants without previously known asthma. Among the cohort comprising 57 053 individuals, we identified 785 adults (aged 50-64) with incident asthma, of whom 76 die

SUBMITTER: Tupper OD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8491292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature