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Comorbidities, Behaviors, And Socioeconomic Factors And Mortality From Diseases Of The Heart In New Jersey, Matthew Guariglia, Stephen Poos, Ahmed Gawash, David Lo, Aayush Visaria
Comorbidities, Behaviors, And Socioeconomic Factors And Mortality From Diseases Of The Heart In New Jersey, Matthew Guariglia, Stephen Poos, Ahmed Gawash, David Lo, Aayush Visaria
Rowan-Virtua Research Day
Mortality from diseases of the heart claimed the lives of 186,074 New Jerseyans from 2010 to 2019. This study aims to establish correlations between each of health-related risk factors and death from heart disease in each of six New Jersey counties. Each of the counties ranked by age-adjusted mortality per 100,000 from diseases of the heart. The six counties were divided by the least (Hunterdon, Somerset, Bergen) and greatest (Cape May, Salem, and Cumberland) mortality rates from heart disease. Additionally, this data was broken down into three main categories that include comorbidities, socioeconomic status, and behavior patterns. Each main category …
Racial Disparity In Pregnancy-Related Mortality Following A Live Birth Outcome, Margaret Harper, Mark Espeland, Elizabeth Dugan, Robert Meyer, Kathy Lane, Sharon Williams
Racial Disparity In Pregnancy-Related Mortality Following A Live Birth Outcome, Margaret Harper, Mark Espeland, Elizabeth Dugan, Robert Meyer, Kathy Lane, Sharon Williams
Elizabeth Dugan
PURPOSE: African-American women have a 2- to 4-fold increased risk of pregnancy-related death compared with Caucasian women. We conducted this study to determine if differences in a combination of socioeconomic and medical risk factors may explain this racial disparity in pregnancy-related death. METHODS: Pregnancy-related deaths of African-American (N=60) and Caucasian (N=47) women were identified from review of pregnancy-associated deaths (N=400) ascertained through cause of death on death certificates, electronic linkage of birth and death files, and review of the hospital discharge database for the State of North Carolina, during the period between 1992 and 1998. Controls (N=3404) were randomly selected …
Short- And Long-Term Risk Of Colorectal Adenoma Recurrence Among Whites And Blacks, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Chyke Doubeni, Hassan Brim, Hassan Ashktorab, Robert Schoen, Samir Gupta, Aline Charabaty, Elaine Lanza, Duane Smoot, Elizabeth Platz, Amanda Cross
Short- And Long-Term Risk Of Colorectal Adenoma Recurrence Among Whites And Blacks, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Chyke Doubeni, Hassan Brim, Hassan Ashktorab, Robert Schoen, Samir Gupta, Aline Charabaty, Elaine Lanza, Duane Smoot, Elizabeth Platz, Amanda Cross
Chyke A. Doubeni
BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether the higher burden from colorectal cancer among blacks is due to an increased biological susceptibility. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether non-Hispanic blacks (blacks) have a higher risk of adenoma recurrence than non-Hispanic whites (whites) after removal of colorectal adenoma. DESIGN: Secondary analysis of the Polyp Prevention Trial (PPT) data. SETTING: United States. PATIENTS: Patients were 1668 self-identified whites and 153 blacks who completed the 4-year trial. Of these, 688 whites and 55 blacks enrolled in a posttrial, passive Polyp Prevention Trial Continued Follow-up Study (PPT-CFS) and underwent another colonoscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS: Recurrence and location of …
Race And Colorectal Cancer Disparities: Health-Care Utilization Vs Different Cancer Susceptibilities, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Chyke Doubeni, Paul Pinsky, V. Doria-Rose, Robert Bresalier, Lois Lamerato, E. Crawford, Paul Kvale, Mona Fouad, Thomas Hickey, Thomas Riley, Joel Weissfeld, Robert Schoen, Pamela Marcus, Philip Prorok, Christine Berg
Race And Colorectal Cancer Disparities: Health-Care Utilization Vs Different Cancer Susceptibilities, Adeyinka Laiyemo, Chyke Doubeni, Paul Pinsky, V. Doria-Rose, Robert Bresalier, Lois Lamerato, E. Crawford, Paul Kvale, Mona Fouad, Thomas Hickey, Thomas Riley, Joel Weissfeld, Robert Schoen, Pamela Marcus, Philip Prorok, Christine Berg
Chyke A. Doubeni
BACKGROUND: It is unclear whether the disproportionately higher incidence and mortality from colorectal cancer among blacks compared with whites reflect differences in health-care utilization or colorectal cancer susceptibility. METHODS: A total of 60, 572 non-Hispanic white and black participants in the ongoing Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial underwent trial-sponsored screening flexible sigmoidoscopy (FSG) without biopsy at baseline in 10 geographically dispersed centers from November 1993 to July 2001. Subjects with polyps or mass lesions detected by FSG were referred to their physicians for diagnostic workup, the cost of which was not covered by PLCO. The records …