Abdul Mannan Khan Minhas, Ramy Sedhom, Estelle D Jean, Michael D Shapiro, Julio A Panza, Mahboob Alam, Salim S Virani, Christie M Ballantyne, Dmitry Abramov
AIMS: This study aims to investigate the trends in the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden attributable to smoking from 1990 to 2019. METHODS AND RESULTS: Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 was used to analyse the burden of CVD attributable to smoking (i.e. ischaemic heart disease, peripheral artery disease, stroke, atrial fibrillation and flutter, and aortic aneurysm). Age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) per 100 000 and age-standardized disability-adjusted life year rates (ASDRs) per 100 000, as well as an estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) in ASMR and ASDR, were determined by age, sex, year, socio-demographic index (SDI), regions, and countries or territories...
April 9, 2024: European Journal of Preventive Cardiology