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Published on: October 17, 2018
Morbidity and mortality following poliomyelitis - a lifelong follow-up
L Kay1, N M Nielsen2, B Wanscher3
1Specialized Hospital for Polio and Accident Victims, Rødovre, Denmark.
Background And Purpose:
In the world today 10-20 million people are still living with late effects of poliomyelitis (PM), but the long-term consequences of the disease are not well known. The aim of this study was to describe lifelong morbidity and mortality among Danes who survived PM.
Methods:
Data from official registers for a cohort of 3606 Danes hospitalized for PM in the period 1940-1954 were compared with 13 762 age- and gender-matched controls.
Results:
Compared with controls, mortality was moderately increased for both paralytic as well as non-paralytic PM cases; Hazard Ratio, 1.31 (95% confidence interval, 1.18-1.44) and 1.09 (95% confidence interval, 1.00-1.19), respectively. Hospitalization rates were approximately 1.5 times higher among both paralytic and non-paralytic PM cases as compared with controls. Discharge diagnoses showed a broad spectrum of diseases. There were no major differences in morbidities between paralytic and non-paralytic PM cases.
Conclusions:
Poliomyelitis has significant long-term consequences on morbidity and mortality of both paralytic and non-paralytic cases.
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