Epidemiology and Risk Factors of Coronary Artery Aneurysm in Taiwan: a Population Based Case Control Study

Overview

Journal BMJ Open

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2017 Jul 2

PMID 28667203

Citations 8

Authors

Chein-Tang Fang

Yi-Ping Fang

Yaw-Bin Huang

Chen-Chun Kuo

Chung-Yu Chen

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Abstract

Objectives: Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is usually an asymptomatic and rare disease. There are limited epidemiological data for CAA in Asian populations and in the rest of the world.

Design: A retrospective case control study.

Setting: A population based, database study from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, between 2005 and 2011.

Participants: CAA patients identified using International Classification of Diseases, ninth revision, clinical modification (ICD-9-CM) code 414.11 with CAA examinations.

Outcome Measures: The incidence rate and mortality rate of CAA were calculated. We also matched patients with non-CAA patients according to age, gender and index year at a 1:10 ratio to explore the risk factors for CAA using conditional logistic regression.

Result: A total of 1397 CAA patients were identified between 2005 and 2011; 41.9% were paediatric patients and 58.1% were adults. The incidence rate and mortality rate of CAA in Taiwan were 0.87 and 0.05 per 10 person-years, respectively. The adjusted odds ratios (aOR) for coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes were 7.97, 2.09, 2.48 and 1.51, respectively. Of note, aortic dissection (aOR 6.76), aortic aneurysm (aOR 5.82) and systemic lupus erythematosus (aOR 4.09) were found to be significantly associated with CAA.

Conclusion: In Taiwan, CAA patients were distributed across both paediatric and adult populations. Apart from cardiovascular risk factors, aortic diseases and systemic lupus erythematosus need to be investigated further in CAA patients.

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