Kamonwon Ienghong, Lap Woon Cheung, Somsak Tiamkao, Vajarabhongsa Bhudhisawasdi, Korakot Apiratwarakul
Integrating Point of Care Ultrasound Education into Clinical Practice at the Emergency Department
Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.)
describe patterns predictors mortality semiurban population sri lanka prospective populationbased cohort study ragama medical officer health area gampaha district sri lanka adults 35 64 years age recruited using age stratified random sampling technique 2007 baseline recorded sociodemographic lifestyle anthropometric biochemical clinical data participants 10 years obtained cause date death death registration documents deceased participants determined survival probability cohort 10 years estimated hazard ratios hrs allcause mortality acm cardiovascular mortality cvm cancerrelated mortality crm using coxs proportional hazards model also estimated survival probabilities men women 10year age group standardised mortality ratio relative source population 169 deaths 10 years standardised mortality rates 53 24 per 1000 years followup men women respectively independent predictors acm older age lower income smoking diabetes mellitus gender education occupation harmful alcohol use waist circumference hypertension cvm older age lower income smoking diabetes hypertension gender harmful alcohol use crm older age gender smoking diabetes engaged clerical technical occupations unemployed lower risk crm compared engaged elementary occupations older age lower income smoking diabetes hypertension strongly predict mortality cohort addressing identified modifiable predictors behavioural modification improve longevity similar populations