Open AccessThe Hispanic Paradox in Patients With Liver Cirrhosis: Current Evidence From a Large Regional Retrospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Kofi Atiemo,
Nikhilesh Mazumder,
Juan Carlos Caicedo,
Daniel Ganger,
Elisa J. Gordon,
Samantha Montag,
Haripriya Maddur,
Lisa B. VanWagner,
Satyender Goel,
Abel N. Kho,
Michaël Abécassis,
Lihui Zhao,
Daniela P. Ladner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002733
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , cirrhosis , proportional hazards model , population , hepatocellular carcinoma , retrospective cohort study , cohort , demography , cohort study , pacific islanders , environmental health , sociology
Despite lower socioeconomic status, Hispanics in the United States paradoxically maintain equal or higher average survival rates compared to non-Hispanic Whites (NHW).