Transthyretin Cardiac Amyloidosis in the Black Population: A Ten-Year Experience
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2019.07.023
Abstract: Introduction Transthyretin (ATTR) cardiac amyloidosis (CA) is becoming increasingly recognized as an underlying pathology of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) in elderly patients. One in 25 African Americans are carriers of the hereditary… read more here.
Keywords: 122 ile; population; transthyretin; cardiac amyloidosis ... See more keywords
Interleukin-8 genetic diversity, haplotype structure and production differ in two ethnically distinct South African populations.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2021.155489
Abstract: A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), 251 bases upstream from the IL-8 transcription start (-251A>T, rs4073), has been extensively investigated in cancers and inflammatory and infectious diseases in predominantly European and Asian populations. We sequenced the… read more here.
Keywords: production; black population; hap; haplotype ... See more keywords
0617 Optimization of OSA Screening in a Black Population
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DOI: 10.1093/sleep/zsaa056.614
Abstract: Racial disparities in the prevalence and severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) in Black Americans may play an important contributory role in the increased burden of cardiometabolic disease experienced by this population. Effective screening for… read more here.
Keywords: black population; performance; 0617 optimization; stop bang ... See more keywords
Exodus in the American metropolis: Predicting Black population decline in Chicago neighbourhoods
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DOI: 10.1177/00420980211070405
Abstract: Urban population decline in the largest metropolitan regions of the United States is now explained almost exclusively by a ‘Black exodus’. In Chicago, competing ‘push’ explanations have been put forth to explain Black population loss… read more here.
Keywords: black population; chicago; black exodus; population ... See more keywords
Erratum: Percentage of Black Population and Primary Care Shortage Areas Associated with Higher COVID-19 Case and Death Rates in Georgia Counties: Erratum.
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DOI: 10.14423/smj.0000000000001257
Abstract: [This corrects the article DOI: 10.14423/SMJ.0000000000001212.]. read more here.
Keywords: erratum percentage; primary care; percentage black; care shortage ... See more keywords
Teaching of the Black Population’s Health: Anti-Racist Lenses for a Paradigm Shift to Address Racial Inequities
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph192416784
Abstract: Health (and its dialectical pair—illness) is determined by multiple factors: social class, educational background, income, occupation, and race/skin color. Racism can directly impact physical and psychological illnesses, with an effect on social conditions of health.… read more here.
Keywords: health; black population; anti racist; paradigm shift ... See more keywords