2024
Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records
Brush J, Lu Y, Liu Y, Asher J, Li S, Sawano M, Young P, Schulz W, Anderson M, Burrows J, Krumholz H. Hypertension Trends and Disparities Over 12 Years in a Large Health System: Leveraging the Electronic Health Records. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2024, 13: e033253. PMID: 38686864, PMCID: PMC11179912, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.123.033253.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsElectronic health recordsRegional health systemImprove hypertension careHealth systemHealth recordsHypertension careDiastolic blood pressureAge-adjusted prevalence ratesNon-Hispanic Black patientsPrevalence ratesLarger health systemCross-sectional analysisTransformation of medical dataLeveraging real-world dataHigh prevalence rateHypertension trendsHypertension prevalenceBlood pressureBlood pressure measurementsHypertension diagnosisPrimary outcomeNational trendsProportion of patientsAntihypertensive medicationsBlack patients
2022
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Financial Barriers Among Overweight and Obese Adults Eligible for Semaglutide in the United States
Lu Y, Liu Y, Krumholz HM. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Financial Barriers Among Overweight and Obese Adults Eligible for Semaglutide in the United States. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e025545. PMID: 36172953, PMCID: PMC9673703, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.025545.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow family incomeEligible populationUsual sourceHispanic adultsFinancial barriersEthnic disparitiesNutrition Examination Survey 2015Drug Administration labelingCross-sectional analysisFamily incomePercentage of adultsObese adultsNational HealthUS adultsSemaglutideEligibility criteriaSocial determinantsBlack adultsLarge proportionFinal analysisWeight lossHispanic individualsWhite individualsAdultsRisk reductionTemporal Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Multimorbidity Prevalence in the United States, 1999-2018
Caraballo C, Herrin J, Mahajan S, Massey D, Lu Y, Ndumele CD, Drye EE, Krumholz HM. Temporal Trends in Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Multimorbidity Prevalence in the United States, 1999-2018. The American Journal Of Medicine 2022, 135: 1083-1092.e14. PMID: 35472394, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.04.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultimorbidity prevalenceRace/ethnicityWhite individualsChronic conditionsBlack individualsSerial cross-sectional analysisCommon chronic conditionsRisk of morbidityPrevalence of multimorbidityPublic health interventionsCross-sectional analysisSelf-reported presenceSelf-reported raceLatino/HispanicMAIN OUTCOMEHealth interventionsEthnic disparitiesPrevalenceHealth inequalitiesStudy periodEarly lifeHispanic individualsTemporal trendsStudy sampleAsian individuals