Racial disparities in modifiable risk factors and statin usage in Black patients with familial hypercholesterolemia

Authors

Anandita Agarwala, Baylor Health Care System
Nathan Bekele, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Elena Deych, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Michael W Rich, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Aliza Hussain, Baylor College of Medicine
Laney K Jones, Geisinger
Amy C Sturm, Geisinger
Karen Aspry, Brown University
Elizabeth Nowak, Brown University
Zahid Ahmad, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Christie M Ballantyne, Baylor College of Medicine
Anne C Goldberg, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

Journal of the American Heart Association

Publication Date

9-7-2021

Volume

10

Issue

17

First Page

e020890

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1161/JAHA.121.020890

Rights and Permissions

Agarwala A, Bekele N, Deych E, Rich MW, Hussain A, Jones LK, Sturm AC, Aspry K, Nowak E, Ahmad Z, Ballantyne CM, Goldberg AC. Racial Disparities in Modifiable Risk Factors and Statin Usage in Black Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 Sep 7;10(17):e020890. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.020890. Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley Blackwell This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.

Recommended Citation

Agarwala, Anandita; Bekele, Nathan; Deych, Elena; Rich, Michael W; Hussain, Aliza; Jones, Laney K; Sturm, Amy C; Aspry, Karen; Nowak, Elizabeth; Ahmad, Zahid; Ballantyne, Christie M; and Goldberg, Anne C, "Racial disparities in modifiable risk factors and statin usage in Black patients with familial hypercholesterolemia." Journal of the American Heart Association. 10, 17. e020890 (2021).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/open_access_pubs/10722