Early Onset Severe Disease and Premature Mortality in Indigenous Australians with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis

Title
Early Onset Severe Disease and Premature Mortality in Indigenous Australians with Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
Publication Date
2015
Author(s)
Blackall, Sean
Woods, Cindy
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5790-069X
Email: cwood30@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:cwood30
Einsiedel, L
King, P
Maguire, Graeme
Editor
Editor(s): Philip Bardin
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1111/resp.12495_14
UNE publication id
une:19569
Abstract
Aim: To describe the natural history of adult non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (non-CF BEx) and identify risk factors associated with premature mortality within a cohort of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians with non-CF bronchiectasis from January 1 2009 until January 15 2014. Five-year survival was determined and multivariate Cox proportional hazard modelling used to identify independent predictors of mortality. Results: 85 Indigenous (all Aboriginal Australian) and 79 non-Indigenous Australian adults were included. ...
Link
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Citation
Respirology, 20(Supplement 2), p. 126-126
ISSN
1440-1843
1323-7799
Start page
126
End page
126

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