Coronary heart disease in African Americans: primary and secondary prevention

Cleve Clin J Med. 1995 Sep-Oct;62(5):285-92. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.62.5.285.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Black People
  • Black or African American*
  • Comorbidity
  • Coronary Disease / ethnology
  • Coronary Disease / mortality
  • Coronary Disease / prevention & control*
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipidemias / diet therapy
  • Hyperlipidemias / drug therapy
  • Hyperlipidemias / ethnology
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Compliance
  • Risk Factors
  • United States / epidemiology