Table 2.

—Associations Between Sarcoidosis and PE for Decedents Stratified by Race and Gender

	Background Population			Sarcoidosis
	PE Absent	PE Present	%	PE Absent	PE Present	%	OR (95% CI)
Black women	2,617,913	46,375	1.74	8,349	236	2.75	1.60 (1.40-1.82)
Black men	2,908,046	39,436	1.43	4,709	131	2.71	2.05 (1.72-2.44)
White women	19,837,652	235,280	1.17	6,038	155	2.50	2.16 (1.85-2.54)
White men	19,684,323	199,455	1.00	3,842	79	2.01	2.03 (1.62-2.55)

Gender was not recorded for one subject with sarcoidosis and PE. All OR P < .0001. See Table 1 legend for expansion of abbreviation.