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Low use of routine medical care among African Americans with high CKD risk: the Jackson Heart Study.

Clarissa Jonas DiamantidisClemontina A DavenportJoseph LunyeraNrupen BhavsarJulia SciallaRasheeda HallCrystal TysonMario SimsTara StrigoNeil R PoweL Ebony Boulware
Published in: BMC nephrology (2019)
High-risk African Americans who were younger, male, less-educated, and with low trust in providers were more likely to report low RMC use. Efforts to improve RMC use by targeting these populations could mitigate African Americans' disparities in CKD risks.
Keyphrases
  • chronic kidney disease
  • heart failure
  • atrial fibrillation