Neural control of blood pressure (BP) has been reported to differ between young blacks and whites. We hypothesized that elderly blacks have enhanced sympathetic neural responses during orthostasis compared with elderly whites. Muscle sympathetic nerve activity, arm-cuff BP, and heart rate were recorded continuously, and cardiac output, stroke volume, and total peripheral resistance were measure...

A total of 94,7463 patients with lung cancer were identifi ed between 1973 and 2010 ( Tables 1 , 2 ). Th e proportion of SCLC to total lung cancers decreased over the years along with the sex gap; the ratio of men to women decreased from 2.69:1 in 1973 to 1:1 in 2010. Th e fi ndings were consistent between both black and white patients. Th e incidence of SCLC compared with all lung cancer was c...

For unclear reasons, anemia is more common in American blacks than whites. The authors evaluated anemia prevalence (using World Health Organization criteria) among 19,836 blacks and whites recruited in 2003-2007 for the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke Renal Ancillary study and characterized anemia by 3 anemia-associated conditions (chronic kidney disease, inflammation, a...

This article introduces multinomial logit latent-class regression models for racial comparisons of intergenerational occupational mobility. The models distinguish mobility patterns by four latent classes, which are labeled as the “stable middle” (SM) class, the “downwardly mobile” (DM) class, the “upwardly mobile” (UM) class, and the “stable working” (SW) class. Compared with whites, blacks are...

BACKGROUND Ethnicity is an important determinant of mental health outcomes including suicidality (i.e. suicidal ideation and suicide attempt). Understanding ethnic differences in the pathways to suicidality is important for suicide prevention efforts in ethnically diverse populations. These pathways can be conceptualized within a social stress framework. METHOD The study examines ethnic diffe...

Differences in cellular Na+ and K+ regulation may relate to the pathogenesis of essential hypertension and the predisposition of blacks to this disease. To explore these tenets, we examined several aspects of cellular Na+ homeostasis in serially passed, cultured skin fibroblasts from 30 subjects (15 hypertensive blacks and whites and normotensive subjects matched for sex, age, and race.) Fibrob...

OBJECTIVE To examine food concern (FC) and its associations with obesity and diabetes in a racially diverse, urban population. DESIGN Cross-sectional population-based survey. SETTING Five boroughs of New York City. SUBJECTS Lower-income adults (n 5981) in the 2004 New York City Community Health Survey. RESULTS The overall prevalence of obesity was 24 % and was higher among FC than non-F...

Background and Purpose—Stroke mortality is higher among US blacks than it is among US whites. Few studies have examined racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among stroke survivors, especially among Hispanics. Methods—Data are from 96 501 persons aged18 years or older who participated in the 1999, 2000, or 2001 National Health Interview Sur...

PURPOSE African Americans are at increased risk for diabetes mellitus and hypertension, and rural residents have historically had decreased access to care. It is unclear whether living in a rural area and being African American confers added risks for diagnosis and control of diabetes and hypertension. The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes and hypertensio...