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Mortality in adults with self-reported asthma. Copenhagen City Heart Study Group.
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Lancet . 5/11/1996, Vol. 347 Issue 9011, p1285-1289. 5p. - Publication Year :
- 1996
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Abstract
- <bold>Background: </bold>On the question of whether asthma shortens survival the published work gives no clear answer. We have prospectively analysed overall and cause-specific mortality in persons with self-reported asthma. METHODS A sample of 13 540 individuals (6104 men) 20 years of age or older, randomly selected from the general population of the city of Copenhagen, was followed for 17 years.<bold>Findings: </bold>Survival in participants with self-reported asthma was significantly poorer than in non-asthmatics, the excess mortality being limited to pulmonary mortality. After statistical adjustment for age, length of school education, and smoking, women with asthma had a 1.7 higher risk of dying than women without asthma (95% confidence interval 1.3--2.2). Although the relative risk (RR) of dying with asthma was slightly lower in men (RR = 1.5, 95% Cl 1.2-1.9) the difference between sexes was not significant. The results were similar within smoking groups and the highest risk of death associated with asthma was seen among never-smokers (RR = 2.1, 95% Cl 1.6-2.3). Inclusion of one-second forced expiratory volume, in % predicted, in the mortality analyses showed that the increased risk of death associated with asthma was mediated mainly through reduced lung function.<bold>Interpretation: </bold>We conclude that, in the general population, self-reported asthma is associated with a slight excess of mortality, mainly from respiratory diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01406736
- Volume :
- 347
- Issue :
- 9011
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Lancet
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 107275387
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(96)90937-x