September 12, 2006Open Access

Premature Mortality in Patients with Addison’s Disease: A Population-Based Study

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Compared with the background population, we observed that the risk ratio for death was more than 2-fold higher in patients with Addison's disease. Cardiovascular, malignant, and infectious diseases were responsible for the higher mortality rate.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69dd4e7a7808b00a4799c847 — DOI: https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2006-0076

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Ragnhildur Bergthorsdottir

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Maria Leonsson‐Zachrisson

AstraZeneca (Finland)

Anders Odén

Statistics Sweden

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The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

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Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Chalmers University of Technology

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