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Hager, JakobÖstergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Fysiologi,Hälsouniversitetet,Thorax-kärlkliniken i Östergötland
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Lower Prevalence than Expected when Screening 70-year-old Men for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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Elsevier BV,2013
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:liu-102089
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-102089URI
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2013.07.014DOI
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Språk:engelska
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Funding Agencies|Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation||King Gustav V and Queen Victorias foundation||
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BackgroundScreening 65-year-old men for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is a cost-effective method to reduce the mortality from ruptured AAA. However, contemporary results show a lower than expected prevalence of AAA, thus questioning the benefit of screening. Since the prevalence increases with age, a possible way to enhance the benefit of screening might be to screen older men. Our aim was to determine the contemporary screening-detected prevalence among 70-year-old men.MethodsA total of 5,623 unscreened 70-year-old men were invited to ultrasound screening. Uni- and multivariable analyses were used to assess the risk factors for AAA.ResultsThe attendance rate was 84.0%. The prevalence of previously unknown AAAs was 2.3%. When adding the 64 men with an already known AAA to the screening-detected ones, the total prevalence in the population was at least 3.0%, and the previously discovered AAAs constituted 37.4% of the total prevalence. “Ex smoker” and “Current smoker” were the most important risk factors.ConclusionsWhen screening 70-year-old men for AAA, the prevalence was less than half that expected, despite a high attendance rate. Smoking was the strongest risk factor. Almost 40% of the men with AAAs were already known from other means than screening.
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm
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Screening
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Prevalence
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Attendance rate
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Swedvasc
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MEDICINE
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MEDICIN
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Länne, TosteÖstergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Avdelningen för kardiovaskulär medicin,Hälsouniversitetet,Thorax-kärlkliniken i Östergötland(Swepub:liu)tosla34
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Carlsson, PerLinköpings universitet,Avdelningen för hälso- och sjukvårdsanalys,Hälsouniversitetet(Swepub:liu)perca23
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Lundgren, FredrikÖstergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Fysiologi,Hälsouniversitetet,Thorax-kärlkliniken i Östergötland(Swepub:liu)frelu24
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Linköpings universitetFysiologi
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Ingår i:European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Elsevier BV46:4, s. 453-4591078-58841532-2165
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