@article{94802,
  keywords = {Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, General Medicine},
  author = {Masraf H and Azemeraw T and Molla M and Jones CI and Bremner S and Ngari M and Berkley JA and Kivaya E and Fegan G and Tamiru A and Kelemework A and Lang T and Newport M and Davey G},
  title = {Excess mortality among people with podoconiosis: secondary analysis of two Ethiopian cohorts},
  abstract = {<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
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                  <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>
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                  <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>
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                  <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>
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                  <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>},
  year = {2020},
  journal = {Transactions of The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  issn = {0035-9203, 1878-3503},
  doi = {10.1093/trstmh/traa150},
  language = {eng},
}