Open AccessDifferences in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Associated With Body Mass Between Black and White Persons
Author(s) -
Jill E. Abell,
Brent M. Egan,
Peter W. F. Wilson,
Stuart R. Lipsitz,
Robert F. Woolson,
Daniel T. Lackland
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2006.093781
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , obesity , disease , relative risk , demography , body mass index , coronary heart disease , white (mutation) , risk factor , gerontology , biochemistry , chemistry , sociology , gene
We analyzed cardiovascular disease mortality risks associated with obesity using participant-level meta-analysis of data from the Black Pooling Project for Black and White individuals. The adjusted relative risks (ARRs) were stronger among White participants than among Black participants for coronary heart disease AAR=1.21 (95% confidence interval [CI]=1.07, 1.36) versus 0.87 (95% CI=0.69, 1.09), respectively, and cardiovascular disease ARR=1.18 (95% CI=1.07, 1.29) versus 0.91 (95% CI=0.77, 1.05), respectively. The results suggest that obesity is an independent risk factor in White people, and additional study of body size and disease progression is necessary in the assessment of racial disparities.