BACKGROUND The effect of ethnicity on the prevalence and management of hypertension and associated chronic kidney (CKD) disease in the UK is unknown. METHODS We performed a cross sectional study of 49,203 adults with hypertension to establish the prevalence and management of hypertension and associated CKD by ethnicity. Routinely collected data from general practice hypertension registers in ...

PURPOSE This study examined how race-ethnicity, nativity, and education interact to influence disparities in cardiovascular (CV) health, a new concept defined by the American Heart Association. We assessed whether race-ethnicity and nativity disparities in CV health vary by education and whether the foreign-born differ in CV health from their U.S.-born race-ethnic counterparts with comparable e...

Anonymized electronic medical records are an increasingly popular source of research data. However, these datasets often lack race and ethnicity information. This creates problems for researchers modeling human disease, as race and ethnicity are powerful confounders for many health exposures and treatment outcomes; race and ethnicity are closely linked to population-specific genetic variation. ...

BACKGROUND Although the collection of patient ethnicity data is a requirement of publicly funded healthcare providers in the UK, recording of ethnicity is sub-optimal for reasons that remain poorly understood. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES We sought to understand enablers and barriers to the collection and utilisation of ethnicity data within electronic health records, how these practices have develope...

Public health surveillance is the cornerstone of public health practice. The uses of surveillance include the identification of patterns of health among population subgroups. The assessment of race and ethnicity in public health surveillance is fundamental to the reduction of preventable excesses in poor health among racial and ethnic populations. We review the use of race and ethnic variables ...

OBJECTIVE To compare coronary artery calcium (CAC) progression between 2 treatment groups, pioglitazone versus glimepiride. METHODS AND RESULTS The CHICAGO (Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Atherosclerosis Using Pioglitazone) study demonstrated that pioglitazone significantly decreased carotid intima-media thickness progression compared with glimepiride in patients with type 2 diabetes melli...

This study examines the intergenerational social mobility of different ethnic groups in Britain between 1971 and 1991. The small body of previous research on intergenerational mobility and ethnicity in Britain has not distinguished between pre-migration and post-migration social class, and thus has been unable to relate findings directly to studies of intergenerational social mobility or to acc...

BACKGROUND The burden of breast cancer in Asia is escalating. We evaluated the impact of ethnicity on survival after breast cancer in the multi-ethnic region of South East Asia. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Using the Singapore-Malaysia hospital-based breast cancer registry, we analyzed the association between ethnicity and mortality following breast cancer in 5,264 patients diagnosed betwee...

The relationship between dietary fiber intake and fasting plasma glucose (FPG) (mg/dl) among U.S. adults aged 40 years older were studied. 2017–2018 NHANES data (N = 3309) was used. Sex ethnicity differences Participants included if they had available for daily during the first in-person interview laboratory levels. n 1643 males 1666 females. 402 Mexican American, 308 Other Hispanic, 1229 Non- ...

Background: Skin is considered a reflection of person's appearance, so it normal if many people try to take care their skin, especially facial and retard the aging process. Dermoscopy quick, non-invasive technique that allows physicians observe skin. Different ethnic groups may show different signs on face. Medan multiethnic city thus might skin differently. This study aimed evaluate through De...