Ethnic differences in the prevalence and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in US outpatients with peripheral arterial disease: Insights from the Reduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry

American Heart Journal

Volumn 158, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1038-1045

  Meadows, Telly A ^a   Bhatt, Deepak L ^b   Hirsch, Alan T ^c   Creager, Mark A ^d   Califf, Robert M ^e   Ohman, E Magnus ^e   Cannon, Christopher P ^f   Eagle, Kim A ^g   Alberts, Mark J ^h   Goto, Shinya ⁱ   Smith Jr , Sidney C ^j   Wilson, Peter W F ^k   Watson, Karol E ^l   Steg, P Gabriel ^m  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m INSERM   (France)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CILOSTAZOL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GLITAZONE DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; PENTOXIFYLLINE; SULFONYLUREA;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG USE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEART DEATH; HEART INFARCTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENTS; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70549106493     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Collins T.C., Petersen N.J., Suarez-Almazor M., et al. The prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in a racially diverse population. Arch Intern Med 163 (2003) 1469-1474
2. Rosamond W., Flegal K., Friday G., et al. Heart disease and stroke statistics-2007 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation 115 (2007) e69-e171
3. Criqui M.H., Vargas V., Denenberg J.O., et al. Ethnicity and peripheral arterial disease: the San Diego Population Study. Circulation 112 (2005) 2703-2707
4. Allison M.A., Criqui M.H., McClelland R.L., et al. The effect of novel cardiovascular risk factors on the ethnic-specific odds for peripheral arterial disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Am Coll Cardiol 48 (2006) 1190-1197
5. Lillie-Blanton M., Maddox T.M., Rushing O., et al. Disparities in cardiac care: rising to the challenge of Healthy People 2010. J Am Coll Cardiol 44 (2004) 503-508
6. Hirsch A.T., Murphy T.P., Lovell M.B., et al. Gaps in public knowledge of peripheral arterial disease: the first national PAD public awareness survey. Circulation 116 (2007) 2086-2094
7. Smith W.R., Betancourt J.R., Wynia M.K., et al. Recommendations for teaching about racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. Ann Intern Med 147 (2007) 654-665
8. Bhatt D.L., Steg P.G., Ohman E.M., et al. International prevalence, recognition, and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors in outpatients with atherothrombosis. JAMA 295 (2006) 180-189
9. Steg P.G., Bhatt D.L., Wilson P.W., et al. One-year cardiovascular event rates in outpatients with atherothrombosis. JAMA 297 (2007) 1197-1206
10. Ohman E.M., Bhatt D.L., Steg P.G., et al. The REduction of Atherothrombosis for Continued Health (REACH) Registry: an international, prospective, observational investigation in subjects at risk for atherothrombotic events-study design. Am Heart J 151 (2006)
11. Smith Jr. S.C., Allen J., Blair S.N., et al. AHA/ACC guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update: endorsed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Circulation 113 (2006) 2363-2372
12. Golomb B.A., Dang T.T., and Criqui M.H. Peripheral arterial disease: morbidity and mortality implications. Circulation 114 (2006) 688-699
13. Thompson P.D., Zimet R., Forbes W.P., et al. Meta-analysis of results from eight randomized, placebo-controlled trials on the effect of cilostazol on patients with intermittent claudication. Am J Cardiol 90 (2002) 1314-1319
14. Chen M.S., Bhatt D.L., Chew D.P., et al. Outcomes in African Americans and whites after percutaneous coronary intervention. Am J Med 118 (2005) 1019-1025
15. Sonel A.F., Good C.B., Mulgund J., et al. Racial variations in treatment and outcomes of black and white patients with high-risk non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndromes: insights from CRUSADE (Can Rapid Risk Stratification of Unstable Angina Patients Suppress Adverse Outcomes With Early Implementation of the ACC/AHA Guidelines?). Circulation 111 (2005) 1225-1232
16. Morrissey N.J., Giacovelli J., Egorova N., et al. Disparities in the treatment and outcomes of vascular disease in Hispanic patients. J Vasc Surg 46 (2007) 971-978
17. Wilson C.T., Fisher E., and Welch H.G. Racial disparities in abdominal aortic aneurysm repair among male Medicare beneficiaries. Arch Surg 143 (2008) 506-510