Ethnicity and variation in prognosis for patients newly hospitalised for heart failure: a matched historical cohort study
Why the study?
Does South Asian ethnicity compared to white ethnicity affect all-cause survival in patients newly hospitalized for heart failure?
Population
528 patients hospitalised for the first time with heart failure, comprising 176 South Asian and 352 age- and…
Comparison
South Asian ethnicity (exposure) vs White ethnicity (age and sex matched)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
range 520-1880 days
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Should not yet guide ethnicity-specific heart failure prognostication; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
Structured PICO
Does South Asian ethnicity compared to white ethnicity affect all-cause survival in patients newly hospitalized for heart failure?
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Population
528 patients hospitalised for the first time with heart failure, comprising 176 South Asian (mean age 68, 45% women) and 352 age- and sex-matched white (mean age 70, 42% women) patients.
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Intervention
South Asian ethnicity (exposure)
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Comparator
White ethnicity (age and sex matched)
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Outcome
All cause survivalhard clinical
South Asian patients newly hospitalized for heart failure have better survival and less advanced disease compared to age- and sex-matched white patients, despite higher rates of diabetes and hypertension.
Cite This Study
James D. Newton (2005) studied this question.