Increased Prevalence of Moderate and Severe Peripheral Arterial Disease in the American Indian (AI)/Alaskan Native (AN) Population; a Study of 96,000 AI/AN.

Autor:	Baxter AR; Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY., Jacobowitz GR; Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY., Guo Y; Division of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY., Maldonado T; Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY., Adelman MA; Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY., Berger JS; Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY; Division of Population Health, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY; Divison of Cardiology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY., Rockman CB; Division of Vascular Surgery, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY. Electronic address: Caron.Rockman@nyumc.org.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Annals of vascular surgery [Ann Vasc Surg] 2017 Jan; Vol. 38, pp. 177-183. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Aug 20.
DOI:	10.1016/j.avsg.2016.08.002
Abstrakt:	Background: Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) disproportionally affects racial groups in the United States. Few studies have analyzed the rates of PAD in the American Indian (AI)/Alaskan Native (AN) population. In this article, we compare the prevalence of PAD in the AI/AN as compared with white and nonwhite Americans. Methods: The study data were provided by Life Line Screening (Independence, OH). The cohort consists of self-referred individuals who paid for vascular screening tests. Mild-to-moderate and severe PAD were defined as having an ankle-brachial index (ABI) in at least one extremity of < 0.9 and < 0.5, respectively. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to compare the rates of PAD between AI/AN, Caucasians, and nonwhites. Results: The original sample for which this study was obtained included 3,444,272 people. Of this group there was a predominance of females 64.5% (2,221,555) compared with 35.5% (1,222,716) males. The Native American/AN population was 2.8% of the sample (96,440). In our univariate analysis AI/AN had the highest rates of mild-moderate and severe PAD when compared with whites (odds ratio [OR] 1.78 and 2.14, respectively) and nonwhites (OR 1.52 and 1.82, respectively). We then controlled for atherosclerotic risk factors in our multivariate analysis, and the AI/NA cohort had persistently higher rates of both moderate and severe PAD compared with whites (OR 1.32 and 1.40) but not compared with nonwhites (OR 0.95 and 0.92). Conclusions: Here we present the largest epidemiology study of PAD in AI/AN to date. AI/NA people have disproportionately high rates of both mild to-moderate and severe PAD when compared with whites and nonwhite Americans. After controlling for atherosclerotic risk factors the rates of PAD remain high for AI/NA when compared with whites but not when compared with nonwhites. While it is possible that a combination of diet and lifestyle choices are responsible for the high rates of PAD in this population, genetic factors may be involved as well, and deserve further investigation. Optimal medical management may help to prevent the complications of PAD in this patient population. (Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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