Black individuals have a 2- to 3-fold higher prevalence of left ventricular hypertrophy compared to white individuals in the general population, independent of differences in body composition.
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May inform race-conscious LVH risk assessment; leaves open whether targeted prevention improves outcomes in black adults.
Drazner et al. (2005) studied this question.
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