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Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001.
2003 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001.
"Mortality patterns among women with cosmetic breast implants have not been well characterized. We examined cause specific mortality among women who underwent cosmetic breast implantation at major public hospitals and private clinics in Finland from 1970 through 2000," scientists in the United States report.
"Causes of death through 2001 were identified through the national mortality register. Expected numbers of deaths were calculated on the basis of mortality rates in the general female population, and standardized mortality ratios (SMR), i.e., ratios of observed to expected deaths, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated," wrote E. Pukkala and colleagues, International Epidemiology Institute.
"Among the 2166 women with cosmetic breast implants, we observed 31 deaths versus 32.1 expected. Overall disease mortality was below expectation, mainly due to low mortality from diseases of the circulatory system (SMR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.03 - 1.02)," the researchers wrote.
"Mortality from cancer was close to expectation. There was a statistically significant excess ...
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