Why the study?
Does African American race increase the risk of first hospitalization for CHF compared to white race after adjusting for clinical risk factors in adults aged 40 years and older?
Population
64,877 enrollees of a large health maintenance organization aged 40 years and older who were free of…
Comparison
African American race (observational exposure) vs White race
Design
Cohort
Authors
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Hypertension and diabetes largely explain racial CHF hospitalization differences in older adults; leaves open unexplained excess risk in younger African American women.
Does African American race increase the risk of first hospitalization for CHF compared to white race after adjusting for clinical risk factors in adults aged 40 years and older?
Racial disparities in incident congestive heart failure hospitalizations are largely driven by differences in the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes, emphasizing the critical need for aggressive risk factor management in African American populations.
Mark E. Alexander (1995) studied this question.
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