Respiratory disease: does ethnicity matter?

Chronic Kidney Disease, Anxiety and Depression among American Blacks; Does Ethnicity Matter?

Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is known to be associated with deterioration of mental health. However, it is clear that this link is over and beyond the effects of socio-economic factors and other medical conditions. This study had two aims: 1) to compare the association between CKD and general anxiety disorder (GAD) among the two major ethnic groups of American Bla...

Why Does Ethnicity Matter?

Diastolic dysfunction does ethnicity matter?

Venous thromboembolism: why does ethnicity matter?

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disease that is caused by genetic and environmental factors that interact in a dynamic, time-dependent model.1 Therefore, it is not astonishing that, although VTE is seen throughout the world, the rate of its clinical manifestations, deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), varies. Thus, Asian and Native American individuals have been reported ...

Preventing stroke: does race/ethnicity matter?

Stroke, the third leading cause of death in the United States, is also the chief cause of neurological disability in the elderly. Lifetime risk of stroke at age 65 years is estimated to be 1 in 5 in women and 1 in 6 in men in the Framingham Study population.1 Despite improvements in management of the acute stroke and in rehabilitation poststroke, it is clear that prevention holds the key to dec...