Association of hospital-treated infectious diseases and infection burden with cardiovascular diseases and life expectancy.

Jiazhen ZhengCan NiS W Ricky LeeFu-Rong LiJinghan HuangRui ZhouYining HuangGregory Y H LipXian-Bo Wu Shaojun Tang

Published in: Journal of internal medicine (2024)

The magnitude of the infection-CVD association showed specificity in sex, pathogen type, infection burden, and infection site. High genetic risk and infection synergistically increased the CVD risk.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
emergency department
metabolic syndrome
risk factors
genome wide
coronary artery disease
dna methylation
cardiovascular risk factors
cardiovascular events