scholarly journals Cancer Mortality Rates Increasing vs Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Decreasing in the World: Future Implications

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karim ReFaey ◽  
Shashwat Tripathi ◽  
Sanjeet S. Grewal ◽  
Adip G. Bhargav ◽  
David J. Quinones ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cancer Mortality ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Mortality ◽  
Disease Mortality ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Ecologic association between influenza and COVID-19 mortality rates in European countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Petti ◽  
B. J. Cowling
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Confidence Interval ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Mortality ◽  
Disease Mortality

Abstract Ecologic studies investigating COVID-19 mortality determinants, used to make predictions and design public health control measures, generally focused on population-based variable counterparts of individual-based risk factors. Influenza is not causally associated with COVID-19, but shares population-based determinants, such as similar incidence/mortality trends, transmission patterns, efficacy of non-pharmaceutical interventions, comorbidities and underdiagnosis. We investigated the ecologic association between influenza mortality rates and COVID-19 mortality rates in the European context. We considered the 3-year average influenza (2014–2016) and COVID-19 (31 May 2020) crude mortality rates in 34 countries using EUROSTAT and ECDC databases and performed correlation and regression analyses. The two variables – log transformed, showed significant Spearman's correlation ρ = 0.439 (P = 0.01), and regression coefficients, b = 0.743 (95% confidence interval, 0.272–1.214; R2 = 0.244; P = 0.003), b = 0.472 (95% confidence interval, 0.067–0.878; R2 = 0.549; P = 0.02), unadjusted and adjusted for confounders (population size and cardiovascular disease mortality), respectively. Common significant determinants of both COVID-19 and influenza mortality rates were life expectancy, influenza vaccination in the elderly (direct associations), number of hospital beds per population unit and crude cardiovascular disease mortality rate (inverse associations). This analysis suggests that influenza mortality rates were independently associated with COVID-19 mortality rates in Europe, with implications for public health preparedness, and implies preliminary undetected SARS-CoV-2 spread in Europe.

Increased cardiovascular disease mortality rates in traumatic lower limb amputees

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (10) ◽  
pp. 1242-1247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michaela Modan ◽  
Einat Peles ◽  
Hillel Halkin ◽  
Hedva Nitzan ◽  
Morris Azaria ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Mortality ◽  
Disease Mortality ◽  
Lower Limb Amputees

scholarly journals Association of engagement in cultural activities with cause-specific mortality determined through an eight-year follow up: The HUNT Study, Norway

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248332
Author(s):  
Bente I. Løkken ◽  
Dafna Merom ◽  
Erik R. Sund ◽  
Steinar Krokstad ◽  
Vegar Rangul
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cancer Mortality ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Mortality ◽  
Cultural Activities ◽  
Disease Mortality ◽  
Specific Mortality ◽  
Risk Of Cancer ◽  
Reduced Risk ◽  
Related Mortality

Participation in cultural activities may protect against cause-specific mortality; however, there is limited knowledge regarding this association. The present study examines the association between participation in a range of receptive and creative cultural activities and risk of cardiovascular disease- and cancer-related mortality. We also examined whether participation in such activities and influence by gender have on this association. We followed 35,902 participants of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3) of Cardiovascular-Disease and Cancer Mortality from 2006–08 to 2016. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to estimate the risk of specific mortality based on baseline cultural participation. During the eight-year follow-up, there were 563 cardiovascular-disease- and 752 cancer-related deaths among the sample (292,416 person years). Risk of cardiovascular-disease mortality was higher among non-participants in associations/club meetings (22%) and outdoor activities (23%), respectively, as well as non-attendees of art exhibitions (28%). People who engaged in music, singing, and theatre had a 27% reduced risk of cancer-related mortality when compared to non-participants. Among women, participating in associations/club meetings reduced the risk of cardiovascular-disease mortality by 36%. Men who participated in music, singing, and theatre had a 33% reduced risk of cancer mortality. Overall, a reduced risk of cardiovascular-disease mortality was associated with engaging in creative activities on weekly basis to less than twice per week. For both genders, participating in creative activities less than once a week reduced cardiovascular-disease mortality risk by 40% and 33%, respectively. For the overall sample, participating > 2 times per week in combined receptive and creative activities reduced cancer-related mortality by 29%. Participating frequently in both receptive and creative activities cultural activities was associated with lower risks of CVD and cancer-related mortality. Our data suggest that, to counteract the public health burden of cardiovascular disease- and cancer mortality, policies and initiatives to increase citizens’ participation in cultural activities should be considered.

Non-cardiovascular disease mortality and diabetes mellitus

The Lancet ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 350 (9092) ◽  
pp. 1680 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beverley Balkau ◽  
Marja Pyörälä ◽  
Martin Shipley ◽  
Anne Forhan ◽  
John Jarrett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diabetes Mellitus ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cardiovascular Disease Mortality ◽  
Disease Mortality

scholarly journals Cardioinformatics: the nexus of bioinformatics and precision cardiology

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohdan B Khomtchouk ◽  
Diem-Trang Tran ◽  
Kasra A Vand ◽  
Matthew Might ◽  
Or Gozani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Disease ◽  
Cancer Research ◽  
Computational Biology ◽  
Cause Of Death ◽  
Cancer Mortality ◽  
Unmet Need ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Cardiovascular Medicine ◽  
Biology Research

Abstract Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, causing over 17 million deaths per year, which outpaces global cancer mortality rates. Despite these sobering statistics, most bioinformatics and computational biology research and funding to date has been concentrated predominantly on cancer research, with a relatively modest footprint in CVD. In this paper, we review the existing literary landscape and critically assess the unmet need to further develop an emerging field at the multidisciplinary interface of bioinformatics and precision cardiovascular medicine, which we refer to as ‘cardioinformatics’.

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