TY - JOUR
KW - Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
KW - Parasitology
KW - Infectious Diseases
KW - General Medicine
AU - Masraf H
AU - Azemeraw T
AU - Molla M
AU - Jones CI
AU - Bremner S
AU - Ngari M
AU - Berkley JA
AU - Kivaya E
AU - Fegan G
AU - Tamiru A
AU - Kelemework A
AU - Lang T
AU - Newport M
AU - Davey G
AB - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Background</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>While morbidity attributable to podoconiosis is relatively well studied, its pattern of mortality has not been established.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Methods</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>We compared the age-standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) of two datasets from northern Ethiopia: podoconiosis patients enrolled in a 1-y trial and a Health and Demographic Surveillance System cohort.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Results</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>The annual crude mortality rate per 1000 population for podoconiosis patients was 28.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] 17.3 to 44.8; n=663) while that of the general population was 2.8 (95% CI 2.3 to 3.4; n=44 095). The overall SMR for the study period was 6.0 (95% CI 3.6 to 9.4).</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Podoconiosis patients experience elevated mortality compared with the general population and further research is required to understand the reasons.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
BT - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DO - 10.1093/trstmh/traa150
LA - eng
N2 - <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Background</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>While morbidity attributable to podoconiosis is relatively well studied, its pattern of mortality has not been established.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Methods</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>We compared the age-standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) of two datasets from northern Ethiopia: podoconiosis patients enrolled in a 1-y trial and a Health and Demographic Surveillance System cohort.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Results</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>The annual crude mortality rate per 1000 population for podoconiosis patients was 28.7 (95% confidence interval [CI] 17.3 to 44.8; n=663) while that of the general population was 2.8 (95% CI 2.3 to 3.4; n=44 095). The overall SMR for the study period was 6.0 (95% CI 3.6 to 9.4).</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
               <jats:sec>
                  <jats:title>Conclusions</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Podoconiosis patients experience elevated mortality compared with the general population and further research is required to understand the reasons.</jats:p>
               </jats:sec>
PB - Oxford University Press (OUP)
PY - 2020
T2 - Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
TI - Excess mortality among people with podoconiosis: secondary analysis of two Ethiopian cohorts
SN - 0035-9203, 1878-3503
ER -