Why the study?
Does the underlying pathological cause of cardiovascular death differ between black and white subjects in an urban US setting?
Population
587 adult cases autopsied in 1991 in the New York City Medical Examiner's Office with coded cause of death…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Supports prioritizing BP control in urban blacks; extends racial disparity data but leaves open causal confirmation.
Does the underlying pathological cause of cardiovascular death differ between black and white subjects in an urban US setting?
Hypertensive vascular disease is a significantly more common cause of cardiovascular death among urban black subjects compared to white subjects, highlighting the critical need for effective hypertension control in this population.
Onwuanyi et al. (1998) studied this question.
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