Association Between Black Race, Clinical Severity, and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background Existing evidence indicates Black patients have higher incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) and PE-related mortality compared with other races/ethnicities, yet disparities in presenting severity and treatment remain incompletely understood. Methods and Results We retrospectively queried a multihospital healthcare system for all hospitalizations for acute PE (2012-2019). Of 10 329 hospitalizations, 8743 met inclusion criteria. Black patients (14.3%) were significantly younger (54.6±17.8 versus 63.1±16.6 years; P<0.001) and more female (56.1% versus 51.6%; P=0.003) compared with White patients. Using ordinal regression, Black race was significantly associated with higher PE severity after matching 1:3 on age and sex (1210:3264; odds ratio [OR], 1.08; 95% CI, 1.03-1.1

SUBMITTER: Phillips AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8649302 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature