Social Vulnerability Is Associated With Higher Rates of Hospitalizations and Amputations for Peripheral Arterial Disease

The burden of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) disproportionately affects patients in minority groups, with Black men having three times the prevalence compared with non-Hispanic white men. 1 Hackler EL Hamburg NM White Solaru KT Racial and ethnic disparities in peripheral artery disease. Circ Res. 2021; 128: 1913-1926 Crossref PubMed Scopus (46) Google Scholar Black and Hispanic Americans also present with more advanced PAD. 2 Collins TC Johnson M Henderson W Khuri SF Daley J Lower extremity nontraumatic amputation among veterans with peripheral arterial disease: is race an independent factor?. Med Care. 2002; 40: I106-I116 PubMed Google Scholar We sought to determine if social vulnerability beyond race is associated with higher rates of hospitalizations and amputations for PAD.