Association of intellectual disability with overall and type-specific cardiovascular diseases: a population-based cohort study in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individuals with mental health problems have been shown to have an increased risk of cardiovascular disorder (CVD), but little is known about the risk of early-onset CVD among those with intellectual disability. We aimed to investigate the association between intellectual disability and subsequent CVD, taking into consideration the severity of intellectual disability and neurodevelopmental and neurologic comorbidity.

Methods

This population-based cohort study used individual-level linked data from Danish national health registries. Participants were all live-born singletons born in Denmark during 1978-2016 (n = 2,288,393). Follow-up began from birth and continued until the onset of CVD, death, emigration, or December 31, 2018, whichever came first. Clinical diagno

SUBMITTER: Wang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9903576 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature