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Advanced Chronic Venous Insufficiency: Does Race Matter?

Journal

VASCULAR AND ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY
Volume 51, Issue 1, Pages 12-16

Publisher

SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/1538574416682175

Keywords

venous disease; race; vascular disease and race; chronic venous disease

Funding

  1. Covidien

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Introduction:Intervention for advanced chronic venous insufficiency is considered an appropriate standard of care. However, outcomes vary among patients who present in advanced clinical stages of disease. The main objectives of this study were to determine whether racial disparity exists at initial presentation and response to intervention.Methods:A retrospective database was created to include all radiofrequency ablation procedures performed by a single surgeon from January 14, 2009, through May 25, 2011. Demographics, clinical traits, race, procedure, and outcomes were analyzed. Stepwise model selection reduced candidate baseline factors to a final parsimonious model, which was analyzed using analysis of varianceResults:The database consisted of 300 patients with a predominant female (n = 215, 85%) base and 85 (15%) males, with a mean age distribution of 53 years. The mean body mass index was 30.2. Racial distribution revealed Asian (n = 9, 3.3%), Pacific Islander (n = 1, 0.4%), African American (n = 37, 13.6%), and Caucasian (CAU, n = 225, 82.7%). African Americans presented with more advanced clinical stages than the CAU groupC2: African American 21.6%, CAU 36.7%; C4: African American 35%, CAU 24.3%; and C6: African American 35.1%, CAU 7.5%. African Americans demonstrated a higher preoperative venous clinical severity score (VCSS) than their CAU counterparts. Postprocedural decrease in VCSS score was lower in African Americans than their CAU counterpConclusion: African American patients present with more advanced venous insufficiency than CAUs. Postprocedural analysis reveals not only slower ulcer healing times but also higher ulcer recurrence rates.

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