Mushmouth
11-27-2018, 08:04 AM
After calculating that black people were more than twice as likely to die of sudden cardiac arrest, the team then analyzed the results to see what might explain the gap.
They then analyzed a series of other factors that might explain the difference: blood pressure, diabetes, body weight, levels of exercise, stress, and the use of alcohol or cigarettes. Taking all those factors into account, black people in the study remained nearly twice as likely to die from sudden cardiac arrest. That suggests some of those factors may explain a small part of the racial disparity, but that underlying biological differences are more to blame.
For example, past studies have found that black people who die of sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to have suffered from a thickening of the heart muscle, Deo said.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-black-people-die-sudden-cardiac.html
They then analyzed a series of other factors that might explain the difference: blood pressure, diabetes, body weight, levels of exercise, stress, and the use of alcohol or cigarettes. Taking all those factors into account, black people in the study remained nearly twice as likely to die from sudden cardiac arrest. That suggests some of those factors may explain a small part of the racial disparity, but that underlying biological differences are more to blame.
For example, past studies have found that black people who die of sudden cardiac arrest are more likely to have suffered from a thickening of the heart muscle, Deo said.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-11-black-people-die-sudden-cardiac.html