U.S., Sept. 18 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07177599) titled 'Pancreatic Disease Burden in Older Adults (1990-2040)' on Sept. 10.
Brief Summary: Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, the investigators analyzed age-standardized incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis in adults aged >=70 years across 204 countries and territories, stratified by sex, Socio-Demographic Index (SDI), health system performance, and region. The investigators calculated estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs), applied age-period-cohort modelling, and used Bayesian models to project future burden. Attributable burdens for key risk fa...