Tag: MORT
Urinary Metal Levels Linked to Increased Risk for CVD, Mortality
For mixture of six urinary metals, adjusted hazard ratio for interquartile range increase was 1.29 and 1.66 for CVD, mortality
Complex Interaction Seen Between Social Determinants of Health, Mortality
A scoring system can help identify individuals at high risk for mortality based on their combination of social determinants of health
Restrictive State Firearm Policies Cut Firearm Mortality
Set of most restrictive firearm policies tied to 20 percent reduction in firearm deaths, but individual policies have modest effect
Smoking + Early Menopause Increases Risk for Lung Disease, Poor Outcomes
Authors call for smoking cessation and lung cancer screening in smokers with early menopause
Mortality Risk High for Some Gleason Grade 1 Prostate Cancer Patients
Risks increased for those with percentage positive biopsies >50 percent or prostate-specific antigen >20 ng/mL
Study Examines Trends in Esophageal Cancer Disparities Over Time
From 1999 to 2020, decrease seen in mortality among Black adults, while mortality stabilized among White adults
Toxicities Rare After Two Weeks of CAR T-Cell Therapy Infusion
Nonrelapse mortality was driven by ICANS in early follow-up period, followed by infection through three months
Postoperative Mortality Trends Higher for Black and Hispanic Children
Disparity gaps driven by higher mortality in Black and Hispanic children receiving surgery in nonteaching hospitals
Study Looks at Effects of Reducing Intake of Processed Meat, Unprocessed Red Meat
30 percent reduction in processed meat intake would lead to 352,900 fewer occurrences of T2DM, 92,500 fewer occurrences of CVD
Study Estimates Burden of Firearm Injuries for 2019 to 2020
37.8 percent of all firearm injuries were unintentional, with the highest rates of unintentional injuries seen among Blacks
