Study suggests replacing the term ‘race’ with underlying factors that increase risk for heart attacks, strokes
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22 December 2021Study suggests replacing the term ‘race’ with underlying factors that increase risk for heart attacks, strokes
Why should two individuals with exactly the same risk factor profile for developing heart attacks or strokes be treated differently based purely on their race? Is it race that alters risk of these people or is race a surrogate for other factors that may be elevating risk? And how large can these race-related differences in the risk predictions actually be?
