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- Velasquez, Ilais Moreno, et al.
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Interleukin-8 is associated with increased total mortality in women but not in men-findings from a community-based cohort of elderly
- 2015
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Ingår i: Annals of Medicine. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0785-3890 .- 1365-2060. ; 47:1, s. 28-33
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective. To elucidate the association among circulating IL-8 and total mortality in a cohort of elderly, and to explore potential sex differences in the observed association. Methods. The Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS) is a cohort of 70-year-old men and women living in Uppsala, Sweden; baseline period: 2001-2004. IL-8 serum measurements were performed in 1003 participants. Results. In total, 61 men and 40 women died during follow-up (median 7.9 years). Baseline IL-8 concentrations were higher in women than in men (P = 0.03). In a multivariable model adjusting for age, established cardiovascular risk factors, and C-reactive protein, log-transformed standard deviation increments in IL-8 levels were weakly associated with an increased risk for total mortality (hazard ratio (HR) 1.12, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.02 -1.23, P < 0.05) in the whole cohort. Stratified analysis revealed an association in women (HR 1.18, 95% CI 1.06-1.30, P < 0.01) but not in men (HR 0.98, 95% CI 0.76-1.26). Conclusions. A weak association between IL-8 serum levels and an increased risk for mortality was observed. The prospective data support the role of IL-8 as a biomarker of interest; yet, further studies are warranted to elucidate validity of our finding and the possibility of a sex difference.
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- Wierup, Ia, et al.
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Low anthropometric measures and mortality : results from the Malmö Diet and Cancer Study
- 2015
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Ingår i: Annals of Medicine. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0785-3890 .- 1365-2060. ; 47:4, s. 325-331
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Aim. To study the association between anthropometric measures: body mass index (BMI), percent body fat, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), waist-to-height ratio (WHtR), waist-to-hip-to-height ratio (WHHR), and A Body Shape Index (ABSI); to see if individuals in the lowest 5 percentiles for these measures have an increased risk of mortality.Methods. A population-based prospective cohort study ( 10,304 men and 16,549 women), the Malmo Diet and Cancer study (MDC), aged 45-73 years.Results. During a mean follow-up of 14 +/- 3 years, 2,224 men and 1,983 women died. There was a significant increased mortality risk after adjustments for potential confounders in the group with the 5% lowest BMI ( referent 25%-75%); hazard ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals were 1.33 (1.10-1.61) for women and 1.27 (1.07-1.52) for men. A similar significant increased mortality risk was seen with the 5% lowest percent body fat, HR 1.31 (1.07-1.60) for women and 1.25 (1.04-1.50) for men. Women with an ABSI in the lowest 5 percentiles had a lower mortality risk HR 0.64 (0.48-0.85).Conclusion. These results imply that BMI or percent body fat could be used to identify lean individuals at increased mortality risk.
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- Wändell, Per, et al.
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Mortality in patients with atrial fibrillation and common co-morbidities - a cohort study in primary care
- 2018
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Ingår i: Annals of Medicine. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0785-3890 .- 1365-2060. ; 50:2, s. 156-163
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To study the association between cardiovascular co-morbidities and mortality risk in primary care patients with atrial fibrillation.METHODS: The study population included all adults (n = 12,283) ≥ 45 years diagnosed with AF at 75 primary care centres in Sweden between 2001 and 2007. The outcome was mortality (until 2010) and data were explored for co-morbidities using Cox regression with hazard ratios (HRs). Analyses were performed stratified by sex and by age-group (45-64, 65-74 and ≥75 years of age) with adjustment for age, socio-economic factors and relevant co-morbidities.RESULTS: During a mean of 5.8 years (standard deviation 2.4) of follow-up, 3954 (32%) patients died (1971 (35%) women, and 1983 (30%) men). High HRs were found for congestive heart disease (CHF) and cerebrovascular diseases for all age-groups among men and women (except for the 45-64 year old women); for coronary heart disease among the oldest men; for diabetes among the 65-74 year old men and the 45-64 year old women. Low HRs were found for hypertension among women ≥75 years of age.CONCLUSIONS: In this clinical setting, CHF and cerebrovascular diseases were consistently associated with mortality in all age-groups. The possible protective effect by hypertension among elderly women should be interpreted with caution. KEY MESSAGES We found congestive heart failure and cerebrovascular diseases to be consistently associated with mortality in both women and men. We found hypertension to be associated with lower mortality risk among women ≥75 years of age, although this finding must be interpreted with caution. Depression was found to be associated with increased mortality risk among men and women aged 65-74 years of age.
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