Actinic Skin Damage and Mortality - the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study
- He Wei
- Zhu Fei
- Ma Xiaoguang
- Zhao Xinyu
- Zheng Min
- Chen Zhao
- Heymsfield Steven B.
- Zhu Shankuan
DOIAbstract
Exposure to sunlight may decrease the risk of several diseases through the synthesis of vitamin D, whereas solar radiation is the main cause of some skin and eye diseases. However, to the best of our knowledge, the association of sun-induced skin damage with mortality remains unknown.<0.001), and minimal overall skin damage with no significant mortality difference, when compared to those with no skin damage. Similar results were obtained for all-cause mortality with fine telangiectasia, solar elastosis, and actinic keratoses. The results were similar for cancer and cardiovascular disease mortality.The present study gives an indication of an association of actinic skin damage with cardiovascular disease, cancer and all-cause mortality in whi...
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