Jalnapurkar, Sawan Xu, Karen Huaying Zhang, Zhiwei Bairey Merz, C Noel Elkayam, Uri Pai, Ramdas G
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Journal of the American Heart Association
Background The objective of this study was to evaluate the temporal trends in pregnancy-associated myocardial infarction (PAMI) in the State of California and explore potential risk factors and mechanisms. Methods and Results The California State Inpatient Database was analyzed from 2003 to 2011 for patients with International Classification of Dis...
Wang, Wendy Norby, Faye L. Zhang, Michael J. Reyes, Jorge L. Shah, Amil M. Soliman, Elsayed Z. Lutsey, Pamela L. Alonso, Alvaro Solomon, Scott D. Inciardi, Riccardo M.
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Black Americans have more atrial fibrillation risk factors but lower atrial fibrillation risk than White Americans. Left atrial (LA) enlargement and/or dysfunction, frequent atrial tachycardia (AT), and premature atrial contractions (PAC) are associated with increased atrial fibrillation risk. Racial differences in these factors may exis...
Cooper‐DeHoff, Rhonda M. Fontil, Valy Carton, Thomas Chamberlain, Alanna M. Todd, Jonathan O’Brien, Emily C. Shaw, Kathryn M. Smith, Myra Choi, Sujung Nilles, Ester K.
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background The National Patient‐Centered Clinical Research Network Blood Pressure Control Laboratory Surveillance System was established to identify opportunities for blood pressure (BP) control improvement and to provide a mechanism for tracking improvement longitudinally. Methods and Results We conducted a serial cross‐sectional study with querie...
Granberry, Phillip J. Torres, Maria Idali Allison, Jeroan J. Person, Sharina D. Rosal, Milagros C.
This research tests the independent contribution of social capital and the use of the internet to obtain health information to support maternal-child communication about peer pressure to have sex among Puerto Rican families. A sample of 413 Puerto Rican households in Springfield, MA provides the data to independently test these hypotheses. The resu...
Tilley, Barbara C. Amorrortu, Rossybelle P. McKee, M. Diane Smith, Daniel W. Li, Ruosha DeSantis, Stacia M. Vernon, Sally W. Koch, Gary Ford, Marvella E. Diaz, Vanessa
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While extensive literature exists on barriers and strategies to increase minority participation in clinical trials, progress is limited. Few strategies were evaluated in randomized trials. We studied the impact of RECRUIT, a trust-based, cluster randomized minority recruitment trial layered on top of four traditional NIH-funded parent trials (BMT C...
Fisher, Kimberly A. Nguyen, Ngoc Crawford, Sybil L. Fouayzi, Hassan Singh, Sonal Mazor, Kathleen M.
This study examined the association between preferences for being informed about the COVID-19 vaccine and where to receive it with vaccination intent and race/ethnicity. We conducted an online survey, oversampling Black and Latino panel members. The 1668 participants were 53.2% female, 34.8% White, 33.3% Black, and 31.8% Latino. Participants who we...
Gangaraju, Radhika Koh, Insu Irvin, Marguerite R Lange, Leslie Houghton, Damon E Herrera, Diego Adrianzen Safford, Monika Cushman, Mary Bhatia, Smita Zakai, Neil A
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Journal of the American Heart Association
Background Individual blood cell count abnormalities have been associated with cardiovascular disease and increased mortality. In this study, we defined a "cytopenia phenotype," reflecting bone marrow hypoproliferation, to determine if peripheral blood cytopenia is associated with increased cardiovascular disease and mortality risk. Methods and Res...
Joseph, Joshua J. Kluwe, Bjorn Echouffo‐Tcheugui, Justin B. Zhao, Songzhu Brock, Guy Kline, David Odei, James B. Kalyani, Rita R. Bradley, David P. Hsueh, Willa A.
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background The prognostic value of anthropometric, adipokine, and computed tomography measures of adiposity to predict diabetes in Black, specifically by normoglycemia versus prediabetes, remains incompletely understood. Methods and Results Among Black participants without diabetes in the JHS (Jackson Heart Study), waist circumference [WC], body ma...
Castaneda-Avila, Maira A. Jesdale, William M. Beccia, Ariel L. Bey, Ganga S. Epstein, Mara M.
PURPOSE: We examined the combined influences of race/ethnicity and neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) on long-term survival among patients with multiple myeloma (MM). METHODS: Data from the 2000-2015 NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER-18) were used. Census tract-level SES index was assessed in tertiles (low, medium, ...
Phillips, Amanda R. Reitz, Katherine M. Myers, Sara Thoma, Floyd Andraska, Elizabeth A. Jano, Antalya Sridharan, Natalie Smith, Roy E. Mulukutla, Suresh R. Chaer, Rabih
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Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Background Existing evidence indicates Black patients have higher incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) and PE‐related mortality compared with other races/ethnicities, yet disparities in presenting severity and treatment remain incompletely understood. Methods and Results We retrospectively queried a multihospital healthcare system for all hospitali...
