Tag: Race
Black, Hispanic Medicare Patients Much More Likely to Be Hospitalized With COVID-19
And, risk for hospitalization for COVID-19 highest among Medicare recipients with advanced kidney disease
Correlates of COVID-19 ID’d on American Indian Reservations
Rate of cases higher on American Indian reservations with larger proportion of homes lacking plumbing
Black Americans Much More Likely to Have Lost Loved Ones to COVID-19
11 percent of black adults say someone close to them has died; rates are 5 percent among Americans overall
Racial/Ethnic Disparities Seen in Economic Burden Due to Cancer Deaths
Non-Hispanic blacks have higher age-standardized PYLL, lost earning rates than whites for 13 of 19 sites
Stroke Risk Increased in African Americans Who Smoke Cigarettes
Dose-dependent increase in risk seen with smoking intensity; risk similar for past, never smokers
Prostate Cancer Trial Participants Overwhelmingly White
Since 1990, proportion of white participants in prostate cancer clinical trials has remained >80 percent
Kawasaki-Like Disease More Common in Children of African Ancestry
Kawasaki-like inflammatory syndrome temporally linked to SARS-CoV-2 marked by GI symptoms
Racial Differences Seen in Time to Treatment for Melanoma
Time from diagnosis to definitive surgery is twice as long on average for black versus white patients
Weight, Blood Pressure Higher in Younger Patients With T2DM
Differentials for weight, BP for those with, without T2DM greater for younger versus older patients
Insulin Resistance May Add to Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Prognosis
Tumors from black women with invasive breast cancer have higher expression of the insulin receptor
