Cardiometabolic multimorbidities increase mortality risk in Black adults

Black adults in the United States with multiple cardiometabolic morbidities are at increased risk for both all-cause and CHD mortality, according to a study.

“Given the known higher rates of mortality from CHD, stroke and diabetes among Black populations compared with white populations, it is paramount to examine the association of a combination of these cardiometabolic conditions with mortality among Black populations,” Joshua J. Joseph, MD, MPH, FAHA, assistant professor of medicine in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and colleagues wrote. Read the full story in Healio.