{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Verfurden ML"],"funding":["Economic and Social Research Council","Medical Research Council","National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)"],"pagination":["1125-1131"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6287561"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["103(12)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the risk of death from two potentially avoidable causes with different aetiologies: respiratory tract infection (RTI) and sudden unexplained death (SUD) in children with and without chronic conditions.<h4>Design</h4>Whole-country, birth cohort study using linked administrative health databases from Scotland.<h4>Setting and participants</h4>Children aged 2 months to less than 5 years in Scotland between 2000 and 2014.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Relative risk of death (expressed as the HR) related to RTIs or SUD, in children with and without chronic conditions. We separately analysed deaths at ages 2-11 months and at 1-4 years and adjusted for birth characteristics, socioeconomic status and vaccination uptake using Cox regression.<h4>Results</h4>The cohort co"],"journal":["Archives of disease in childhood"],"pubmed_title":["Avoidable mortality from respiratory tract infection and sudden unexplained death in children with chronic conditions: a data linkage study."],"pmcid":["PMC6287561"],"funding_grant_id":["NF-SI-0513-10046","PDF-2013-06-004","109/0001","ES/L007517/1","HDR-2008","NF-SI-0616-10097","HDR-9006","HDR-9003"],"pubmed_authors":["Verfurden ML","Sebire N","Gilbert R","Hardelid P"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Avoidable mortality from respiratory tract infection and sudden unexplained death in children with chronic conditions: a data linkage study.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the risk of death from two potentially avoidable causes with different aetiologies: respiratory tract infection (RTI) and sudden unexplained death (SUD) in children with and without chronic conditions.<h4>Design</h4>Whole-country, birth cohort study using linked administrative health databases from Scotland.<h4>Setting and participants</h4>Children aged 2 months to less than 5 years in Scotland between 2000 and 2014.<h4>Main outcome measures</h4>Relative risk of death (expressed as the HR) related to RTIs or SUD, in children with and without chronic conditions. We separately analysed deaths at ages 2-11 months and at 1-4 years and adjusted for birth characteristics, socioeconomic status and vaccination uptake using Cox regression.<h4>Results</h4>The cohort co","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Dec","modification":"2026-07-16T15:16:44.437Z","creation":"2026-07-11T03:06:36.106Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6287561","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30007945"],"doi":["10.1136/archdischild-2017-314098"]}}