Cheng Y, Poon AN, Ling Y, Wu WC, Ahmed A, Vasaitis TS, Panjrath G, Edberg M, Gomberg-Maitland M, Yin Y, Nelson SJ, Zeng-Treitler Q. Heart Failure Among Asian American Subpopulations.
JAMA Netw Open 2024;
7:e2435672. [PMID:
39325451 PMCID:
PMC11428018 DOI:
10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35672]
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Abstract
Importance
Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of death in the US. The current evidence on the burdens of HF in Asian American populations, especially Asian American subgroups, is limited and inconsistent.
Objective
To assess and compare the incidence and prevalence of HF in Asian American subgroups.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This retrospective cohort study used electronic health record data from patients 40 years or older with health care encounters from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019, recorded in the Oracle Electronic Health Record Real-World Data database, which has more than 100 health care systems across the US contributing to the database as of February 2024. For prevalence analysis, the study samples were those who had at least 1 encounter in the study calendar year. For incidence analysis, participants were additionally limited to those without HF before the study year who also had encounter(s) the year before the study year. Data analysis was performed from August 1, 2023, to July 31, 2024.
Exposure
Race and ethnicity were determined using patient self-reported data, which were categorized as Black, East Asian, South Asian, Southeast Asian, other Asian (without specified ethnicity), and White.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Outcomes were incidence and prevalence of HF, identified using recorded International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification and International Statistical Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. Age- and sex-standardized incidence and prevalence were used to calculate the risk ratio of each racial and ethnic group compared with White patients.
Results
Incidence and prevalence analyses were performed for 6 845 791 patients (mean [SD] age, 62.1 [12.5] years; 59.9% female; 2.8% Asian, 6.7% Black, and 90.5% White) and for 13 440 234 patients (mean [SD] age, 61.7 [12.7] years; 57.0% female; 2.9% Asian, 7.1% Black, and 90.0% White), respectively. Using the 2015 population as the standard, age- and sex-standardized HF incidence was 2.26% (95% CI, 2.07%-2.45%) for Southeast Asian patients, 1.56% (95% CI, 1.31%-1.82%) for South Asian patients, and 1.22% (95% CI, 1.06%-1.38%) for East Asian patients compared with 1.58% (95% CI, 1.57%-1.59%) for White patients and 2.39% (95% CI, 2.36%-2.42%) for Black patients. Similarly, heterogeneous rates in Asian American subgroups were also observed in the prevalence analysis.
Conclusions and Relevance
In this study of HF outcomes, the disparities between Southeast and East Asian patients were larger than those between Black and White patients, with the estimates in Southeast Asian patients being similar to those of Black patients. These findings reinforce that individual Asian ethnicities and cardiovascular risk factors should be considered in the assessment of HF risks.
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