"Black adults in the U.S. are first hospitalized for heart failure nearly 14 years earlier than white adults, reports a Northwestern Medicine study published in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology that analyzed data from more than 42,000 patients across hundreds of hospitals nationwide. The study also found that Hispanic patients were hospitalized about eight years earlier than white patients, and Asian patients about three years earlier. On average, white patients were first hospitalized for heart failure at age 73.6, Asian American patients at 70.6, Hispanic patients at 65.4 and Black patients at 60.1. Using statistical modeling, the Northwestern scientists determined that these differences were associated with social and economic factors, such as whether people had health insurance, if they lived in areas with high unemployment and the level of education in their communities."
"Huang and his colleagues analyzed hospital records from over 42,000 patients across 713 hospitals between 2016 and 2019 using the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Registry. The team then compared ages at first hospitalization across racial and ethnic groups and used statistical methods to see how much of the differences could be explained by social and medical factors. "These are striking differences, especially for Black patients," said study first author Xiaoning Huang, PhD, research assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology."
Black adults in the U.S. are first hospitalized for heart failure at an average age of 60.1 years, nearly 14 years earlier than white adults who average 73.6 years. Hispanic patients average 65.4 years and Asian American patients 70.6 years at first hospitalization. Analysis of over 42,000 hospital records from 713 hospitals between 2016 and 2019 used the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines - Heart Failure Registry. Statistical modeling linked age differences to social and economic factors including insurance status, area-level unemployment, and community education levels. Heart failure affects over 6 million U.S. adults and is expected to increase.
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