Contemporary Reevaluation of Race and Ethnicity With Outcomes in Heart Failure.

ABSTRACT: Background Variation in outcomes by race/ethnicity in adults with heart failure (HF) has been previously observed. Identifying factors contributing to these variations could help target interventions. We evaluated the association of race/ethnicity with HF outcomes and potentially contributing factors within a contemporary HF cohort. Methods and Results We identified members of Kaiser Permanente Northern California, a large integrated healthcare delivery system, who were diagnosed with HF between 2012 and 2016 and had at least 1 year of prior continuous membership and left ventricular ejection fraction data. We used Cox regression with time-dependent covariates to evaluate the association of self-identified race/ethnicity with HF or all-cause hospitalization and all-cause death, with backwa

SUBMITTER: Savitz ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7955425 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature