title: Prevalence of coronary artery disease, ischemic stroke, peripheral arterial disease, and coronary revascularization in older African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, whites, men, and women.
abstract: The prevalence of coronary artery disease and of peripheral arterial disease was similar in older African-Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and whites, and the prevalence of ischemic stroke was lower in older whites than in older African-Americans and Hispanics. The prevalence of coronary revascularization in older persons with coronary artery disease was lower in African-Americans than in whites and Hispanics and was lower in women than in men.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ness
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Aronow
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D020521:Stroke / Q000208:ethnology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data