Key result
African-American race linked to ~87% higher ESRD risk vs. white race, driven by blood pressure and income.
Why the study?
The incidence of treated end-stage renal disease is four times higher in African-American men than in white men, and reasons for this disparity were unclear.
Cohort (n=332,544)
Relative Risk: 1.87 (95% CI 1.47–2.39)
Absolute Event Rate: 44.22% vs 13.9%
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May inform targeted BP and socioeconomic strategies to reduce ESRD disparities; extends observational data but remains hypothesis-generating.
M J Klag (1997) conducted a cohort in End-stage renal disease (n=332,544). African-American ethnicity vs. White ethnicity was evaluated on Incidence of treated end-stage renal disease (ESRD) (RR 1.87, 95% CI 1.47-2.39). African-American men had a higher incidence of end-stage renal disease compared to white men (adjusted RR 1.87), a disparity strongly related to higher blood pressure and lower income.
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