Cardiovascular Risk Factor Profiles and Disease in Black Compared to Other Africans with Chronic Kidney Disease

CONCLUSION: Black compared to other African CKD patients have less frequent very high risk atherosclerosis and experience weaker cardiovascular risk factor-atherosclerotic CVD relationships. These disparities may be due to differences in epidemiological health transition stages. Among dialysis patients, black compared to other Africans have less cardiovascular events, which may represent a selection bias as previously documented in black Americans.PMID:33680512 | PMC:PMC7929676 | DOI:10.1155/2021/8876363

Source: International Journal of Nephrology - March 8, 2021 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Hon-Chun Hsu Chanel Robinson Angela J Woodiwiss Gavin R Norton Patrick H Dessein Source Type: research