Racial Differences in Cause-Specific Mortality Between Community-Dwelling Older Black and White Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To understand which causes of death are higher in black than white community-dwelling older adults and determine whether differences in baseline risk factors explain racial differences in mortality.

Design

Longitudinal cohort study (Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study).

Setting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Memphis, Tennessee.

Participants

Black and white men and women aged 70 to 79 during recruitment (N=3,075; 48% men, 42% black) followed for a median of 13 years.

Measurements

A committee of physicians adjudicated cause of death, which was categorized as cardiovascular disease (CVD), stroke, cancer, dementia, pulmonary, infection, kidney, or other causes. Using competing risks regression, we examined whether known risk factors at baseli

SUBMITTER: Marron MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6366626 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature