Racial Differences in Cardiovascular Biomarkers in the General Population.

ABSTRACT: Background The incidence and clinical manifestations of cardiovascular disease (CVD) differ between blacks and whites. Biomarkers that reflect important pathophysiological pathways may provide a window to allow deeper understanding of racial differences in CVD. Methods and Results The study included 2635 white and black participants from the Dallas Heart Study who were free from existing CVD. Cross-sectional associations between race and 32 biomarkers were evaluated using multivariable linear regression adjusting for age, traditional CVD risk factors, imaging measures of body composition, renal function, insulin resistance, left ventricular mass, and socioeconomic factors. In fully adjusted models, black women had higher lipoprotein(a), leptin, d-dimer, osteoprotegerin, antinuclear antibod

SUBMITTER: Hackler E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6817997 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature