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S H Sandifer

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PubMed1984

Incidence of coronary heart disease in blacks in Charleston, South Carolina.

We studied a cohort of 2275 blacks and whites of both sexes in Charleston County, South Carolina, during the period of 1960-1961 to 1974-1975. There were 93 prevalent cases of coronary heart disease (CHD) at intake, and 317 new cases occurred by 1975 in persons originally free of CHD. White males had the highest incidence rates for all types of CHD and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Black males and black females had the next highest rates. The incidence of angina pectoris in black females was double the rate in white females and five times the rate in white males. The rate of sudden death in black males was two and one-half times the rate in black females, three times the rate in white males, and four times the rate in white females. One hundred and one black males who had been selected on the basis of high socioeconomic status (SES) had AMI and CHD rates half that of other black males. None of the high SES black males experienced angina pectoris, AMI death, or sudden death during the observation period.

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PubMed1981

A case-control study of persons with elevated blood levels of dieldrin.

Twenty-seven pesticide workers with elevated blood levels of dieldrin (greater than or equal to 15 ppb) were involved in a case-control study which included history and physical examination, comprehensive neurological evaluation, laboratory tests, and psychological and psychomotor testing. No clinically important differences were found on history, physical, specialized neurological tests, or laboratory examination. The exposed group showed a statistically significant difference in five out of 58 psychological (P) and psychomotor (PM) tests--at least three would be expected by chance (p less than or equal to .05). In only one of these tests was there any significant correlation with dieldrin levels. Even though the exposed group had worse scores than the control group in 47 of 58 P--PM tests, such scores were, with a few exceptions, in the normal range of values. Elevated blood levels of dieldrin encountered in this study do not appear to have any chronic deleterious effects on health, as measured by conventional medical work-up and extensive central nervous system testing.

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PubMed1981

Skin color and education effects on blood pressure.

This study reports that education effects but not skin color effects were associated with blood pressure and the incidence of hypertension in a cohort of Black females in Charleston, South Carolina, observed over the period 1960-1975. The authors suggest that skin color may be a secondary (non-causal) associate of blood pressure in Blacks.

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PubMed1979

Follow-up on the problem of increased incidence of thyroid carcinoma from the effects of childhood irradiation.

There has been widespread concern in both the medical and lay community on how to deal with the problem of the increased incidence of thyroid cancer in patients irradiated in the head and neck during childhood, including the difficult question of whether all of these patients should be recalled and screened. Such an approach is not deemed logistically feasible and the desired benefits of the program which hinge on treatment through early detection are nullified by the protracted nature of the disease. The iatrogenic nature of the problem has raised ethical questions concerning professional duty and responsibility. The principle of "similar treatment for similar cases" seems fairest and most justifiable in pursuit of the goal of equal access to health care. The most effective plan appears to be a carefully devised public education campaign. Informing practicing physicians not already aware of the problem should be an important part of this effort. The responsibility for seeking treatment would be left to the patient who would see his personal physician or be recommended to a previously designated physician in his area.

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PubMed1977

Hypertension: effects of social class and racial admixture: the results of a cohort study in the black population of Charleston, South Carolina.

It has been hypothesized that genetic factors, as manifested by skin color, play in important role in the genesis of hypertension among Blacks. A community-based study was carried out in Charleston Country, South Carolina to test this hypothesis. The results of a ten year follow-up study suggest that social class and age were more consistently associated with the incidence of hypertension and levels of blood pressure. The association of hypertension with skin color was minimal and substantially less than that of social class. The incidence rate of hypertension (larger than or equal to 90 mm Hg) was three to four times greater when the study participants were of low social class than when they had higher social class scores at the beginning of this study. In contrast, the incidence rate was only 1.5 times higher for dark than for lighter skinned men, and the rates were almost identical when social class was comparable. Similar results energed when blood pressure was treated as a continuous variable; blood pressure levels and pressure changes over time were consistently and significantly (p less than .01) higher in those Blacks categorized as low social class, controlling for skin color.

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