Sex differences in vectorcardiogram of African-Americans with and without cardiovascular disease: a cross-sectional study in the Jackson Heart Study cohort.

James D PollardKazi T HaqKatherine J LutzNichole M RogovoyKevin A PaternostroElsayed Z SolimanJoseph MaherJoao Ac LimaSolomon MusaniLarisa G Tereshchenko

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

There are sex differences in the electrical signature of CVD in African-American men and women. There is a significant effect of unmeasured genetic and environmental factors on cardiac repolarisation.

Keyphrases

african american
cardiovascular disease
heart failure
type diabetes
physical activity
left ventricular
genome wide
atrial fibrillation
metabolic syndrome
dna methylation