Dinushika Mohottige, Clemontina A Davenport, Nrupen Bhavsar, Tyler Schappe, Michelle J Lyn, Pamela Maxson, Fred Johnson, Arrianna M Planey, Lisa M McElroy, Virginia Wang, Ashley N Cabacungan, Patti Ephraim, Paul Lantos, Sarah Peskoe, Joseph Lunyera, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Clarissa J Diamantidis, Brian Reich, L Ebony Boulware
IMPORTANCE: Studies elucidating determinants of residential neighborhood-level health inequities are needed. OBJECTIVE: To quantify associations of structural racism indicators with neighborhood prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes, and hypertension. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: This cross-sectional study used public data (2012-2018) and deidentified electronic health records (2017-2018) to describe the burden of structural racism and the prevalence of CKD, diabetes, and hypertension in 150 residential neighborhoods in Durham County, North Carolina, from US census block groups and quantified their associations using bayesian models accounting for spatial correlations and residents' age...
December 1, 2023: JAMA Network Open