Association of cardiometabolic comorbidities with mortality among low-income Black and White Americans

CONCLUSION: Cardiometabolic comorbidities were associated with increases in all-cause and major cause-specific mortality, particularly Black Americans. This study calls for effective measures to prevent cardiometabolic comorbidities to reduce premature deaths in underserved Americans.PMID:38296693 | DOI:10.1016/j.jnma.2024.01.009

Source: Journal of the National Medical Association - January 31, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Pranoti Pradhan Wanqing Wen Martha Shrubsole Mark Steinwandel Xijing Han Alvin C Powers Loren Lipworth Wei Zheng Source Type: research