2023
Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study
Khera R, Kondamudi N, Liu M, Ayers C, Spatz E, Rao S, Essien U, Powell-Wiley T, Nasir K, Das S, Capers Q, Pandey A. Lifetime healthcare expenses across demographic and cardiovascular risk groups: The application of a novel modeling strategy in a large multiethnic cohort study. American Journal Of Preventive Cardiology 2023, 14: 100493. PMID: 37397263, PMCID: PMC10314135, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpc.2023.100493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOverweight/obesityRisk factorsRace/ethnicityHealthcare expensesCardiovascular risk factorsCardiovascular risk groupsNon-black individualsMultiethnic Cohort StudySignificant independent associationYears of ageBlack individualsDallas Heart StudyCohort studyCohort enrollmentOutpatient claimsIndependent associationRisk groupsHigh prevalenceHeart StudyOlder ageHealthcare spendingHypertensionObesitySmokingDiabetes
2021
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries
Fudim M, Zhong L, Patel KV, Khera R, Abdelmalek MF, Diehl AM, McGarrah RW, Molinger J, Moylan CA, Rao VN, Wegermann K, Neeland IJ, Halm EA, Das SR, Pandey A. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk of Heart Failure Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2021, 10: e021654. PMID: 34755544, PMCID: PMC8751938, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.121.021654.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseIncident heart failureReduced ejection fractionFatty liver diseaseHeart failureEjection fractionMedicare beneficiariesHF subtypesLiver diseaseHigh riskBackground Nonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseBaseline NAFLDAssociation of NAFLDNew-onset heart failureConclusions PatientsCohort studyPrior diagnosisBlack patientsNinth RevisionKidney diseaseOutpatient claimsRisk factorsIndependent associationHigh burdenMedicare patients