PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Matthew Matlock
AU  - Na Le Dang
AU  - David Brown
AU  - S. Joshua Swamidass
TI  - A Sign of Disparity: Racial/Ethnic Composition of Treatment Centers is an Independent Risk Factor in SPRINT Trial
AID  - 10.1101/102111
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - bioRxiv
PG  - 102111
4099  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/03/05/102111.short
4100  - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/03/05/102111.full
AB  - The racial composition of treatment centers in the SPRINT trial is an independent risk factor for myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke. Independent of individual race or ethnicity, patients face a 39% increase in relative risk of MI or stroke when associated to treatment centers with a high proportion of African Americans. The magnitude of this effect is comparable to smoking. This suggests the strong influence of social determinants on health outcomes among hypertensive patients.