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Investigating the impact of suboptimal prescription of preoperative antiplatelets and statins on race and ethnicity-related disparities in major limb amputation.
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Vascular medicine (London, England) [Vasc Med] 2024 Feb; Vol. 29 (1), pp. 17-25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 22. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Background: Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic patients with symptomatic PAD may receive different treatments than White patients with symptomatic PAD. The delivery of guideline-directed medical treatment may be a modifiable upstream driver of race and ethnicity-related disparities in outcomes such as limb amputation. The purpose of our study was to investigate the prescription of preoperative antiplatelets and statins in producing disparities in the risk of amputation following revascularization for symptomatic peripheral artery disease (PAD).<br />Methods: We used data from the Vascular Quality Initiative, a vascular procedure-based registry in the United States (2011-2018). We estimated the probability of preoperative antiplatelet and statin prescriptions and 1-year incidence of amputation. We then estimated the amputation risk difference between race/ethnicity groups that could be eliminated under a hypothetical intervention.<br />Results: Across 100,579 revascularizations, the 1-year amputation risk was 2.5% (2.4%, 2.6%) in White patients, 5.3% (4.9%, 5.6%) in Black patients, and 5.3% (4.7%, 5.9%) in Hispanic patients. Black (57.5%) and Hispanic patients (58.7%) were only slightly less likely than White patients (60.9%) to receive antiplatelet and statin therapy. However, the effect of antiplatelets and statins was greater in Black and Hispanic patients such that, had all patients received these medications, the estimated risk difference comparing Black to White patients would have reduced by 8.9% (-2.9%, 21.9%) and the risk difference comparing Hispanic to White patients would have been reduced by 17.6% (-0.7%, 38.6%).<br />Conclusion: Even though guideline-directed care appeared evenly distributed by race/ethnicity, increasing access to such care may decrease health care disparities in major limb amputation.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
- Subjects :
- Humans
Black or African American
Ethnicity
Risk Factors
United States epidemiology
White
Hispanic or Latino
Racial Groups
Amputation, Surgical
Healthcare Disparities
Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors adverse effects
Peripheral Arterial Disease diagnosis
Peripheral Arterial Disease drug therapy
Peripheral Arterial Disease surgery
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1477-0377
- Volume :
- 29
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Vascular medicine (London, England)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 37737127
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1358863X231196139