Hussey Leslie C, Hardin Sonya
Norman R. Wolford School of Nurse Anesthesia, 4933 Tamiami Trail N., Suite 201, Naples, FL 34109, USA.
Dimens Crit Care Nurs. 2005 Jan-Feb;24(1):41-6. doi: 10.1097/00003465-200501000-00009.
Heart failure (HF) affects almost 4.8 million Americans, occurring in men and women of all races. Half of those with HF are women; of the African American population, almost 3% are affected by HF. Although recent HF research has focused on women and minorities, information is still needed regarding differences by race and gender. The purpose of this study was to compare risk factors and physiologic differences by race (African American and Caucasian) and gender that exist in those with HF.
心力衰竭（HF）影响着近480万美国人，各种族的男性和女性均会发病。HF患者中有一半是女性；在非裔美国人中，近3%受到HF影响。尽管近期HF研究聚焦于女性和少数族裔，但仍需要有关种族和性别的差异信息。本研究的目的是比较HF患者中存在的种族（非裔美国人和白种人）和性别在危险因素及生理方面的差异。
