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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Risk of Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection in Patients with Tuberculosis: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study.

Ming-Tsung Chen, Chi-Hsiang Chung, Hung-Yen Ke, Chung-Kan Peng, Wu-Chien Chien, Chih-Hao Shen

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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  2. Predictive Value of Normalized Lactate Load for Patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: Based on the MIMIC-IV Database.Annals of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery : official journal of the Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons of Asia · 2025
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ming-Tsung ChenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2659-8595
Chi-Hsiang ChungDepartment of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-4576-9900
Hung-Yen KeDivision of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan.
Chung-Kan PengDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5696-2557
Wu-Chien ChienDepartment of Medical Research, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3286-0780
Chih-Hao ShenDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3910-1269
Tri-Service General Hospital · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB) can cause chronic inflammation. The occurrence of aortic aneurysm (AA) and aortic dissection (AD) may be associated with chronic inflammatory disease, but whether TB increases the risk of AA and AD remains to be determined. This study aimed to investigate the association between TB and the development of AA and AD. We conducted a population-based cohort study using data obtained from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Database. We selected 31,220 individuals with TB and 62,440 individuals without TB by matching the cohorts according to age, sex, and index year at a ratio of 1:2. Cox regression analysis revealed that the TB cohort had a 1.711-fold higher risk of AA and AD than the non-TB cohort after adjustment for sex, age, socioeconomic status, and comorbidities (adjusted hazard ratio = 1.711; 95% confidence interval = 1.098-2.666). Patients with pulmonary, extrapulmonary, and miliary TB had a 1.561-, 1.892-, and 8.334-fold higher risk of AA and AD, respectively. Furthermore, patients with TB at <6 months, 6-12 months, and 1-5 years of follow-up had a 6.896-, 2.671-, and 2.371-fold risk of AA and AD, respectively. Physicians should consider the subsequent development of AA and AD while treating patients with TB.

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Aortic AneurysmTuberculosisCohort StudiesDissectionHumansIncidenceRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTaiwanaortic aneurysmaortic dissectiontuberculosis

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PMCPMC8583242
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