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Constipation and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a Danish population-based matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To assess the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and heart failure in patients with constipation compared with a general population cohort. DESIGN:Population-based matched cohort study. SETTING:All Danish hospitals and hospital outpatient clinics from 2004 to 2013. PARTICIPANTS:Patients with a constipation diagnosis matched on age, sex and calendar year to 10 individuals without constipation from the general population. MAIN OUTCOMES MEASURES:Comorbidity-adjusted and medication-adjusted hazard ratios (aHRs) for cardiovascular outcomes based on Cox regression analysis. RESULTS:83?239 patients with constipation were matched to 832?384 individuals without constipation. The median age at constipation diagnosis was 46.5% and 41% were men. Constipation was strongly associated with venous thromboembolism (aHR 2.04, 95% CI 1.89 to 2.20), especially splanchnic venous thrombosis (4.23, 95%?CI 2.45 to 7.31). Constipation was also associated with arterial events, including myocardial infarction (1.24, 95%?CI 1.14 to 1.35), ischaemic stroke (1.50, 95%?CI 1.41 to 1.60), haemorrhagic stroke (1.46, 95%?CI 1.26 to 1.69), peripheral artery disease (1.34, 95%?CI 1.20 to 1.50), atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter (1.27, 95%?CI 1.20 to 1.34) and heart failure (1.52, 95%?CI 1.42 to 1.62). The associations were strongest during the first year after the constipation diagnosis and strengthened with an increased number of laxative prescriptions. CONCLUSIONS:Constipation was associated with an increased risk of several cardiovascular diseases, in particular venous thromboembolism.

SUBMITTER: Sundboll J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7473662 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Constipation and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a Danish population-based matched cohort study.

Sundbøll Jens J Szépligeti Szimonetta Komjáthiné SK Adelborg Kasper K Szentkúti Péter P Gregersen Hans H Sørensen Henrik Toft HT

BMJ open 20200901 9

<h4>Objectives</h4>To assess the risks of myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral artery disease, venous thromboembolism, atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter and heart failure in patients with constipation compared with a general population cohort.<h4>Design</h4>Population-based matched cohort study.<h4>Setting</h4>All Danish hospitals and hospital outpatient clinics from 2004 to 2013.<h4>Participants</h4>Patients with a constipation diagnosis matched on age, sex and calendar year to 10 indi ...[more]

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Constipation and risk of cardiovascular diseases: a Danish population-based matched cohort study.

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