Thrombo-inflammatory biomarkers and D-dimer in a biracial cohort study.
Debora Kamin MukazMansour GergiInsu KohNeil A ZakaiSuzanne E JuddMichelle SholzbergLisa Baumann KreuzigerKalev FreemanChristos ColovosNels C OlsonAndrea N EdgintonPublished in: Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis (2021)
Findings suggest that D-dimer might relate to Black/White differences in cardiovascular diseases and venous thromboembolism because it is a marker of amplified thrombo-inflammatory response in Black people. Better understanding of contributors to higher D-dimer in the general population is needed.