RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A Sign of Disparity: Racial/Ethnic Composition of Treatment Centers is an Independent Risk Factor in SPRINT Trial
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 102111
DO 10.1101/102111
A1 Matthew Matlock
A1 Na Le Dang
A1 David Brown
A1 S. Joshua Swamidass
YR 2017
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/03/05/102111.abstract
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.