Excess mortality among people with podoconiosis: secondary analysis of two Ethiopian cohorts.
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
; 114(12): 1035-1037, 2020 12 16.
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| ID: mdl-33236119
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
While morbidity attributable to podoconiosis is relatively well studied, its pattern of mortality has not been established.METHODS:
We compared the age-standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) of two datasets from northern Ethiopia podoconiosis patients enrolled in a 1-y trial and a Health and Demographic Surveillance System cohort.RESULTS:
The annual crude mortality rate per 1000 population for podoconiosis patients was 28.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] 17.3 to 44.8; n=663) while that of the general population was 2.8 (95% CI 2.3 to 3.4; n=44 095). The overall SMR for the study period was 6.0 (95% CI 3.6 to 9.4).CONCLUSIONS:
Podoconiosis patients experience elevated mortality compared with the general population and further research is required to understand the reasons.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Elefantíase
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido