New research directions on disparities in obesity and type 2 diabetes

PL Thornton, SK Kumanyika, EW Gregg… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Obesity and type 2 diabetes disproportionately impact US racial and ethnic minority
communities and low‐income populations. Improvements in implementing efficacious …

COVID-19 and kidney disease disparities in the United States

TK Novick, K Rizzolo, L Cervantes - Advances in chronic kidney disease, 2020 - Elsevier
Racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, age, and sex-related health disparities in kidney disease are
prominent in the United States. The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has …

[HTML][HTML] CKD-associated cardiovascular mortality in the United States: temporal trends from 1999 to 2020

O Kobo, D Abramov, S Davies, SB Ahmed, LY Sun… - Kidney medicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Rationale & Objective Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with an increased risk of
cardiovascular (CV) mortality, but there are limited data on temporal trends disaggregated …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of a culturally competent care intervention in reducing disparities in Hispanic live donor kidney transplantation: a hybrid trial

EJ Gordon, JJ Uriarte, J Lee, R Kang… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hispanic patients receive disproportionately fewer living donor kidney transplants (LDKTs)
than non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs). The Northwestern Medicine Hispanic Kidney Transplant …

Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Arrest Among Hispanic or Latino Adults in Southern California: Ventura PRESTO and HCHS/SOL

K Reinier, JY Moon, HS Chugh… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Out‐of‐hospital sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of mortality,
making prevention of SCA a public health priority. No studies have evaluated predictors of …

AI-driven translations for kidney transplant equity in Hispanic populations

OA Garcia Valencia, C Thongprayoon… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Health equity and accessing Spanish kidney transplant information continues being a
substantial challenge facing the Hispanic community. This study evaluated ChatGPT's …

Social and cultural challenges in caring for Latinx individuals with kidney failure in urban settings

L Cervantes, K Rizzolo, AL Carr, JF Steiner… - JAMA Network …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Latinx individuals with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) constitute 19% of US
patients receiving in-center scheduled hemodialysis. Compared with non-Latinx White …

Machine learning-based prediction models in medical decision-making in kidney disease: patient, caregiver, and clinician perspectives on trust and appropriate use

J Sperling, W Welsh, E Haseley… - Journal of the …, 2025 - academic.oup.com
Objectives This study aims to improve the ethical use of machine learning (ML)-based
clinical prediction models (CPMs) in shared decision-making for patients with kidney failure …

[HTML][HTML] Soluble (pro) renin receptor treats metabolic syndrome in mice with diet-induced obesity via interaction with PPARγ

F Wang, R Luo, CJ Zou, S Xie, K Peng, L Zhao… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The therapies available for management of obesity and associated conditions are limited,
because they are often directed toward an individual component of metabolic syndrome and …

Dieta de la Milpa: A Culturally-Concordant Plant-Based Dietary Pattern for Hispanic/Latine People with Chronic Kidney Disease

A Biruete, G Leal-Escobar, Á Espinosa-Cuevas… - Nutrients, 2024 - mdpi.com
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) disproportionately affects minorities in the United States,
including the Hispanic/Latine population, and is a public health concern in Latin American …