Mortality Risk

The risk for all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality was heightened when adults had arthritis plus comorbid COPD, according to data published in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation.

Nonsmokers diagnosed with obesity-related cancers had lower risk for death if they adhered to American Cancer Society nutrition and physical activity guideline for cancer survivors, according to results of a prospective cohort study.

Deaths that could have been avoided have significantly risen in the United States over the last decade-plus, an analysis in JAMA Internal Medicine revealed.

Adults who consume a large amount of butter have a 15% greater mortality risk, according to an analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Patients who develop early hyponatremia after starting thiazide diuretics have a higher mortality risk than those with normal sodium levels, according to retrospective study data.

Paxlovid may not decrease the risk for hospitalization or death in older adults vaccinated against COVID-19 as much as previously thought, according to research published in JAMA.

Researchers have identified two microRNA that may predict which individuals with cancer are at elevated risk for COVID-19-related death.

Regardless of age at diagnosis or duration of disease, patients with diabetes who underwent intensive glucose lowering had lower risk for vascular events and death, according to a post hoc analysis published in Diabetes Care.

Frailty among patients with systemic sclerosis significantly increases the risk for mortality by nearly 10-fold, but shows the potential to improve over time, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.

Regular physical activity prior to a cancer diagnosis lowered a patient’s risk for disease progression and death, according to study findings.