Beginning in the late 1980s, a large increase in incidence rates for prostate cancer occurred in association with increased prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening. In New Mexico, the increased screening was associated with earlier detection of cancers and decreased prostate cancer mortality, suggesting that PSA screening may be effective. PSA screening has become a controversial topic of pub...

OBJECTIVE To determine the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and diabetes risk and whether it varies by ethnicity. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We performed an analysis of data from participants who attended the morning examination of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994), a cross-sectional survey of a nationally representative sample of the...

Objective: Genome-wide association studies have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that increase the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). One purpose of this study was to determine the frequencies of NAFLD susceptibility SNPs in a non-Hispanic white and Hispanic population who attended a clinic in northeast Albuquerque, NM. Another goal was to determine a...

Objectives: Opioid overdose death rates in the United States has been increasing over past several years. This trend seen states across country. Previous studies have highlighted that opioid-involved deaths occurred mostly non-Hispanic Whites. The objectives of this study were to (1) compare opioid trends U.S. a state, Louisiana, (2) Louisiana urban and suburban areas, (3) evaluate changes over...

Abstract: Using personnel data from a large U.S. retail firm, we examine whether the race or ethnicity of the hiring manager affects the racial composition of new hires. Estimating models with store fixed effects, we find significant effects of manager race and ethnicity. First, all nonblack managers—i.e., whites, Hispanics, and Asians—hire more whites and fewer blacks than do black managers. T...

OBJECTIVE To examine the differences in health behaviors, and obesity between Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites with depression. DESIGN Depression data were gathered from 38 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands using the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a state-based random-digit-dialed telephone survey of adults aged > or =18 years (n=156,9...

BACKGROUND In the United States, black and Hispanic white women with breast cancer present with more advanced stages and have poorer survival rates than non-Hispanic whites, whereas Asians and Pacific Islanders do not. However, Asians and Pacific Islanders and Hispanic whites are heterogeneous populations, and few studies have evaluated breast cancer stage, treatments, and mortality rates for s...

Hispanic students are the fastest growing minority population on U.S. college campuses. The purpose of this study was to examine differences in the sexual and reproductive health behaviors and outcomes between Hispanic and nonHispanic White college students. Analyses utilized data from 15,518 nonmarried undergraduates (aged 18-24 years) responding to the Fall 2009 American College Health Associ...

BACKGROUND It is widely claimed that racial and ethnic minorities, especially in the US, are less willing than non-minority individuals to participate in health research. Yet, there is a paucity of empirical data to substantiate this claim. METHODS AND FINDINGS We performed a comprehensive literature search to identify all published health research studies that report consent rates by race or...

This study was designed to shed light on whether differences in utilization of genetic testing by African-Americans, Latinos, and non-Hispanic Whites are due primarily to different preferences, or whether they instead reflect other values and beliefs or differential access. It explores the values, attitudes, and beliefs of African-Americans, Latinos, and non-Hispanic Whites with respect to gene...