title: Racial differences in operation for peripheral vascular disease: results of a population-based study.
abstract: Operation for non-coronary atherosclerotic peripheral vascular occlusive disease may vary among race and gender groups. Using a state-wide registry, the authors identified all operations performed for infrarenal peripheral vascular disease over a 12-month period in a single south-eastern state. Procedures performed included reconstruction for aortoiliac (n=641) and infrainguinal (n=1129) disease and major amputation (n=1077). The incidence for patients over age 50 was calculated using census data. Operation for aortoiliac disease was significantly more likely for white patients (relative risk 3.79, 95% C.I. 2.84-5.15), but less likely for infrainguinal peripheral vascular disease (relative risk 0.64, 95% C.I. 0.56-0.73) and amputation (relative risk 0.17, 95% C.I. 0.15-0.19). Trends toward lower operative mortality in blacks with aortoiliac disease (10.6% versus 12.0%), PVD (3.2% versus 3.5%), and amputation (5.5 versus 8.7%) failed to attain statistical significance. Patient race was associated with the type and location of operation performed for peripheral vascular disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina and the Ralph Henry Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, USA.
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Brothers
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Robison
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Sutherland
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Elliott
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000671:Amputation, Surgical / Q000401:mortality; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D044383:Black People; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D013022:South Carolina; D015996:Survival Rate; D044465:White People; D001741:Black or African American