Valvular & structural heart disease
Temporal trend analysis of rheumatic heart disease burden in high-income countries between 1990 and 2019
Authors' conclusion
More than half of EU15+ nations display a recent increase in RHD incidence rate across both sexes.
Study context
- Population
- High-income EU15+ countries, 1990–2019
- Exposure
- Males vs Females
- Outcome
- Trends in RHD age-standardized incidence and mortality rates
- Follow-up
- 1990 to 2019
Methodological detailsjoinpoint regression analysis, Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study database
- Joinpoint regression analysis
- GBD Study database
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Recent increasing rheumatic heart disease (RHD) incidence rates, males
+0.4% to +24.7%
Recent increasing RHD incidence rates, females
+0.6% to +11.4%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Temporal trend analysis of rheumatic heart disease burden in high-income countries between 1990 and 2019. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. Published 7 December 2022. doi:10.
Composed by AI from the published abstract and checked against it. How Briefs are made →