Tag: MORT
Specific Environmental Factors Tied to Mortality Risk
Findings independent of individual-level risk factors
Inability to Balance on One Leg in Middle Age Tied to Premature Death
Additionally, ability to complete stance adds prognostic information beyond age, sex, and other established risk factors
Alarming Increase Seen in U.S. Deaths From Alcoholic Cirrhosis
Mortality rate increased more than threefold between 1999 and 2019
Maternal Deaths Up With Pregnancies Complicated by Cancer
U.S. prevalence of pregnancy complicated by cancer increased between 2016 and 2019
Atrial Fibrillation Tied to Worse Noncardiac Surgery Outcomes
Findings seen for older adults across sex, race, surgery type, and cardiac risk levels
Continued CPAP Use Cuts Risk for Death
Termination of CPAP therapy tied to higher first-year all-cause death and heart failure
Disparities in Life Expectancy by Race, Ethnicity, County Persist
In the U.S., increases in life expectancy were seen for Black, API, Latino, White populations, but no change seen for AIAN
More Sitting Time Tied to Mortality, CVD in Both Rich, Poor Countries
Association seen across countries at all economic levels but particularly among low- and lower-middle-income countries
COVID-19 Vaccines Cut Mortality With Heart Failure
Those who are partially vaccinated and unvaccinated face same increased risk, while boosted and fully vaccinated adults fare best
Race-Free eGFR Equation IDs Kidney Failure, Mortality Risk
Among race-free equations, findings support using creatinine and cystatin C
