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Association of Race With Mortality and Cardiovascular Events in a Large Cohort of US Veterans

Author(s) -

Csaba P. Kövesdy,

Keith C. Norris,

L. Ebony Boulware,

Jun Lu,

Z. Jennie,

Elani Streja,

Miklos Z. Molnar,

Kamyar KalantarZadeh

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.015124

Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , national health and nutrition examination survey , cohort , kidney disease , population , rate ratio , proportional hazards model , renal function , incidence (geometry) , national death index , cohort study , stroke (engine) , myocardial infarction , veterans affairs , demography , environmental health , mechanical engineering , physics , sociology , optics , engineering

In the general population, blacks experience higher mortality than their white peers, attributed in part to their lower socioeconomic status, reduced access to care, and possibly intrinsic biological factors. Patients with kidney disease are a notable exception, among whom blacks experience lower mortality. It is unclear if similar differences affecting outcomes exist in patients with no kidney disease but with equal or similar access to health care.

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