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9253218

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-12
pubmed:abstractText
Differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) were studied in a cohort of medical students from the classes of 1958-65 of Meharry Medical College (n = 435), all African Americans, and the classes of 1957-64 of Johns Hopkins University (n = 580), all white. At baseline, African Americans were older (27 vs. 24 years, p = 0.001), more likely to smoke (71 vs. 47 percent), had greater body mass index (24 vs. 23 kg/m), and had higher systolic blood pressure (120 vs. 116 mmHg). At follow-up (23-35 years later), African American physicians had higher CVD risk (RR = 1.65, 95% CI = 1.3-2.41), higher incidence of coronary artery disease (1.4 times), and much higher case fatality (51.5 vs. 9.4 percent). Risk factor levels in youth can predict CVD events several years later; predictors may differ between racial groups. Best predictors were cigarette smoking, cholesterol, and paternal history in white physicians, and blood pressure in African American physicians.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1049-2089
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
270-83; discussion 284
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Cardiovascular disease in African American and white physicians: the Meharry Cohort and Meharry-Hopkins Cohort Studies.
pubmed:affiliation
Meharry Cohort Study, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN 37208, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study