Articles: mortality.
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Biography Historical Article
Smoking and premature mortality: reflections on the contributions of Sir Richard Doll.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Postprandial hypotension predicts all-cause mortality in older, low-level care residents.
To evaluate which indices of blood pressure (BP) homeostasis are the strongest predictors of mortality in older low-level-care residents in long-term health facilities. ⋯ In older low-level-care residents, PPH is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality with no added predictive value explained by other BP indices: OH, hypertension, PP, MAP.
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J Prev Med Public Health · Aug 2005
[Changes in mortality inequality in relation to the South Korean economic crisis: use of area-based socioeconomic position].
An abrupt economic decline may widen the socioeconomic differences in health between the advantaged and disadvantaged in a society. The aim of this study was to examine whether the South Korean economic crisis of 1997-98 affected the socioeconomic inequality from all-causes and from cause-specific mortality between 1995 and 2001. ⋯ The South Korean economic crisis widened the geographic inequality in mortalities from major external causes. This increased inequality requires social discourse and counter policies with respect to the rising health inequalities in the South Korean society.
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To estimate the rate of hospitalization for pneumonia in community-dwelling older adults and to assess its risk factors and contribution to mortality. ⋯ In older people, hospitalization for pneumonia is common and is associated with an elevated risk of death, as shown in this population-based, prospective cohort.