Coronary heart disease in African Americans: primary and secondary prevention.
Coronary heart disease develops sooner in African Americans than in whites and causes a higher rate of mortality. Because multiple risk factors and risk factor clustering are common, efforts at primary and secondary prevention in this population need to address the total risk-factor profile.
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Department of Medicine, State University of New York Health Science Center, Brooklyn 11203.
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D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D044383:Black People; D015897:Comorbidity; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000208:ethnology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology