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Hemodialysis Disparities in African Americans: The Deeply Integrated Concept of
Race in the Social Fabric of Our Society
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Norris KC
; Williams SF
; Rhee CM
; Nicholas SB
; Kovesdy CP
; Kalantar-Zadeh K
; Ebony Boulware L
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End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is one of the starkest examples of racial/ethnic
disparities in health. Racial/ethnic minorities are 1.5 to nearly 4 times more
likely than their non-Hispanic White counterparts to require renal replacement
therapy (RRT), with African Americans suffering from the highest rates of ESRD.
Despite improvements over the last 25 years, substantial racial differences are
persistent in dialysis quality measures such as RRT modality options, dialysis
adequacy, anemia, mineral and bone disease, vascular access, and pre-ESRD care.
This report will outline the current status of racial disparities in key ESRD
quality measures and explore the impact of race. While the term race represents a
social construct, its association with health is more complex. Multiple
individual and community level social determinants of health are defined by the
social positioning of race in the U.S., while biologic differences may reflect
distinct epigenetic changes and linkages to ancestral geographic origins.
Together, these factors conspire to influence dialysis outcomes among African
Americans with ESRD.