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Genetic epidemiology of cholesterol cholelithiasis among Chilean Hispanics, Amerindians, and Maoris.
BACKGROUND & AIMS The etiology of cholesterol gallstones is multifactorial, with interactions of genes and the environment. The hypothesis that aborigine cholesterol lithogenic genes are widely spread among Chileans, a population with a high prevalence of gallstones, was tested. METHODS Medical history and anthropometric measurements were obtained and abdominal ultrasonography was performed i...
OBJECTIVES We examined biological risk profiles by race, ethnicity, and nativity to evaluate evidence for a Hispanic paradox in measured health indicators. METHODS We used data on adults aged 40 years and older (n = 4206) from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1999-2002) to compare blood pressure, metabolic, and inflammatory risk profiles for Whites, Blacks, US-born and f...
Of all minority groups in the 1980’s, Hispanics had the greatest numerical growth in rural areas and in the United States as a whole. Although only a small percentage (8.5 percent) of all Hispanics lived in rural counties, those who did were concentrated in the Southwest. Such concentration made them an important minority, and in some cases a majority, in rural counties of that region. The pove...
OBJECTIVES The study objectives were to estimate the prevalence of chronic diseases and other health indicators for Hispanics in Missouri, and to compare their prevalence estimates with other racial/ethnic groups. DESIGN / SETTING / PARTICIPANTS: This study, conducted in public health and academic settings, used combined data from the 2002 and 2003 Missouri Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance S...
Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest growing major demographic group in the United States, accounting for 16.3% (50.5 million/310 million) of the US population in 2010. In this article, the American Cancer Society updates a previous report on cancer statistics for Hispanics using incidence data from the National Cancer Institute, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the ...
Background and Purpose—Stroke mortality is higher among US blacks than it is among US whites. Few studies have examined racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among stroke survivors, especially among Hispanics. Methods—Data are from 96 501 persons aged18 years or older who participated in the 1999, 2000, or 2001 National Health Interview Sur...
Racial differences in the use of aspirin: an important tool for preventing heart disease and stroke.
BACKGROUND Regular aspirin use, particularly as secondary prevention, reduces morbidity from heart disease and stroke. Few studies have examined racial/ethnic differences in aspirin use for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). METHODS Data from the 2001 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (n=2,514 African Americans; n=865 Hispanics; n=28,038 Whites) were used to assess racia...
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke mortality is higher among US blacks than it is among US whites. Few studies have examined racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among stroke survivors, especially among Hispanics. METHODS Data are from 96 501 persons aged 18 years or older who participated in the 1999, 2000, or 2001 National Health Interview ...
BACKGROUND Racial-ethnic disparities in acute stroke care can contribute to inequality in stroke outcomes. We examined race-ethnic disparities in acute stroke performance metrics in a voluntary stroke registry among Florida and Puerto Rico Get With the Guidelines-Stroke hospitals. METHODS AND RESULTS Seventy-five sites in the Florida Puerto Rico Stroke Registry (66 Florida and 9 Puerto Rico) ...
Methods We performed a systematic review of BDS use among adult Hispanics living in the US. Our strategy included electronic database searches (CINAHL, EMBASE, Global Health, CAB Abstracts, and Medline) with keywords: herbal, herb, medicinal plant, botanical and Hispanic or Latino along with a manual search of retrieved references. We included only studies with at least 1% Hispanics, prevalence...
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