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SUBMITTER: Patel KV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1885520 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patel Kushang V KV Harris Tamara B TB Faulhaber Marion M Angleman Sara B SB Connelly Stephanie S Bauer Douglas C DC Kuller Lewis H LH Newman Anne B AB Guralnik Jack M JM
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Anemia is more common among older blacks than older whites. However, it is unclear whether anemia predicts adverse events similarly in both races. Data on 1018 black and 1583 white adults aged 71 to 82 years were analyzed. Anemia, as defined by World Health Organization (WHO) criteria, was used to predict mortality over 6 years and incidence of mobility disability over 4 years. In proportional hazards models of mortality in whites, the age-adjusted hazard ratio (HR) for anemia in men was 1.96 (9 ...[more]