Why the study?
Does race (Black vs White) affect 1-year mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the US Veterans Affairs health system?
Population
42,391 black and white patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention between October 1, 2007…
Comparison
Percutaneous coronary intervention in Black… vs Percutaneous coronary intervention in White…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1 year
Authors
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May reassure on equitable adjusted outcomes after PCI in VA; leaves open generalizability and unmeasured factors.
Does race (Black vs White) affect 1-year mortality in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention in the US Veterans Affairs health system?
In the integrated VA health system, race was not independently associated with 1-year mortality among patients undergoing PCI after adjusting for baseline and procedural differences.
Kobayashi et al. (2017) studied this question.
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