Cardiovascular risk among middle-aged Japanese adults with atopic dermatitis: A nested case–control study
Fig 2
Of the 78,196 patients with a first CVD event in the databases (IHD, n = 40,864; stroke, n = 39,130), 2,757 individuals (IHD, n = 1,247; stroke, n = 1,563) were aged 40–59 years at the index month and had at least 3 years of prior observation. Of these, 2,672 were matched with 26,720 controls using eight predefined matching factors for the main analysis. CVD, cardiovascular disease; IHD, ischemic heart disease.