Case Presentation: A 42-year-old black woman is diagnosed with idiopathic (unprovoked) lowerextremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after presenting with leg swelling. She is treated with anticoagulation for 6 months without major complications and with stable international normalized ratios, and her lower-extremity symptoms completely resolve. She has sickle cell trait but no other chronic condit...

We studied the blood pressure, natriuretic, kaliuretic and humoral responses of 347 normal subjects after volume expansion and volume contraction to examine possible differences among whites, blacks and subjects of different ages. According to outpatient 24-hour urine collections, blacks excreted less sodium and potassium than whites. After similar states of sodium intake were achieved among al...

The predisposition of black people to salt (NaCl)-sensitive essential hypertension may relate to racial differences in cellular Na+ metabolism. This tenet was investigated by examining the Na(+)-H+ antiport in serially passed skin fibroblasts from blacks and whites. Na(+)-dependent stimulation of the Na(+)-H+ antiport by cellular acidification resulted in a greater maximal velocity (Vmax) (mean...

Caribbean youth comprise about 30 percent of the English-speaking Caribbean population, and about 81,000 Caribbean and Latin American youth are HIV infected. AIDS is the leading cause of death for 15- to 24-year-old English-speaking Caribbean youth. This article relies on intersectionality theory in the assessment of the macro-level, or structural variables, and micro-level, or individual level...

Our specific aim in this study was to assess the family resemblance for lipids and lipoproteins in blacks randomly selected from the Princeton School District's Family Study cohort, and compare the family resemblance of lipids and lipoproteins between the blacks and whites from the same cohort. There were 160 white and 59 black nuclear families ascertained through randomly selected family study...

We propose evaluation of a multi-component home automated telemanagement system providing integrated support to both clinicians and patients in implementing hypertension treatment guidelines. In a randomized clinical study, 550 blacks with hypertension are followed for 18 months. The major components of the intervention and control groups are identical and are based on the current standard of c...

Microporous carbon blacks can be characterized by the same techniques as activated carbons, using the classical DR equation and comparison plots based on non-porous materials. The CO adsorption isotherm at 273 K, combined with 2 computer modelling, also leads to an assessment of microporosity. The results agree with independent techniques such as immersion calorimetry into liquids of variable m...

Abstract This paper shows how social structure shapes many behaviors of low-income Black peoples’ currently labeled “culture.” It refutes both culture poverty arguments based in welfare dependency and deindustrialization explanations the post-1960 increase single-parent families. Historically, distinct discrimination experiences urban versus rural enclaves structured child socializations family...

the previous paper it was reported that up to seven different aromatic polycyclic hydrocarbons, including 3,4-benzpyrene, were extracted with benzene from most carbon blacks made by the furnace process, but from no channel blacks (3). This difference cannot be explained on the basis of differences in raw materials. Soot formed in the laboratory from gas, which is similar to that used in the cha...

OBJECTIVE We describe trends in life expectancy at birth (LE) and between-country LE disparities since 1965, in Latin America and the Caribbean. METHODS & FINDINGS LE trends since 1965 are described for three geographical sub-regions: the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. LE disparities are explored using a suite of absolute and relative disparity metrics, with measurement consen...