abstract：:The purpose of this literature review is to explore the potential relationship between ethnicity and obesity, and obesity-related risks, with a particular emphasis on disparities between Asian and Pacific Islander populations. We conducted a comprehensive search of available medical literature related to the rise of o...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Davis J,Busch J,Hammatt Z,Novotny R,Harrigan R,Grandinetti A,Easa D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The JHS is the largest single-site prospective, epidemiological study of CVD among African Americans undertaken to date. It is focused on African-American health, yet comprehensive in its scientific scope. Its design will allow future refinements in scientific direction, the development of ancillary projects, and the ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Taylor HA Jr

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ethnic/racial differences in the prevalence of psychiatric disorders have been reported in hospital studies conducted in the United States, but general population studies find little or no evidence of higher rates of disorder in Black communities than White communities. Thus, ethnic/racial differences in the...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Whaley AL,Geller PA

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the effectiveness of a community-academic health center partnership, utilizing nurse-supervised indigenous community health workers, in decreasing the blood pressure in an urban African-American population. A four-year randomized clinical trial was conducted in the Sandtown-Winchester community...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Levine DM,Bone LR,Hill MN,Stallings R,Gelber AC,Barker A,Harris EC,Zeger SL,Felix-Aaron KL,Clark JM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Training is a crucial tool for building the capacity necessary for prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in developing countries. This paper summarizes some features of a 2-week workshop aimed at enabling local health professionals to initiate a comprehensive CVD prevention and control program in a ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Bovet P,Gervasoni JP,Paccaud F

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For more than 20 years the tobacco industry has considered secondhand smoke to be a threat to its viability. In this article, we describe why secondhand smoke is important to tobacco control and how the tobacco industry's "Latin Project" sought to prevent the creation of smoke-free workplaces and public places in Cent...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Barnoya J,Glantz SA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:So-called 'diseases of lifestyle' are playing a major role in epidemiological transitions in many developing countries. Stratifying, urbanizing, and ageing African populations face rising levels of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This article examines the need for anthropological perspectives on the causes, preventi...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Setel PW

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:While many studies have evaluated the epidemiology of tobacco use nationally and among specific populations, less is known about the epidemiology of tobacco use among elderly women. We examined the epidemiology of tobacco use among a tri-racial population of elderly women in southeastern North Carolina. DESI...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Spangler JG,Case LD,Bell RA,Quandt SA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population-based sample of Seventh-Day Adventists was studied to determine the relationship between vegetarian status, body mass index (BMI), obesity, diabetes mellitus (DM), and hypertension, in order to gain a better understanding of factors influencing chronic diseases in Barbados. A systematic sampling from a ra...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Brathwaite N,Fraser HS,Modeste N,Broome H,King R

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Participant retention is a significant challenge for asthma field trials examining the effectiveness of prevention strategies in inner-city communities. Here, the authors evaluate factors associated with participant retention in an inner-city, pediatric, asthma intervention trial in Atlanta, Georgia, during 1998-2000....

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Williams SG,Wharton AR,Falter KH,French E,Redd SC

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes of 2 versions of a culturally relevant, family-based intervention to prevent excess weight gain in pre-adolescent African-American girls. DESIGN:Three-arm, 12-week parallel group randomized controlled pilot trial. SETTING:Community centers in Memphis, T...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Beech BM,Klesges RC,Kumanyika SK,Murray DM,Klesges L,McClanahan B,Slawson D,Nunnally C,Rochon J,McLain-Allen B,Pree-Cary J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare recent temporal trends in the proportion of high-grade (less differentiated, or more "aggressive") prostate cancers for Blacks (African Americans) and Whites. Reports of Black-White differences have generated speculation that genetic factors could be involved. METHODS:The study included all 126,8...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Polednak AP

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Exposure to estrogen is a risk factor for breast cancer. Since estrogen executes its effect through estrogen receptors (ERs), the relationship between menstrual factors, which are estrogen-related, and breast cancer may be different depending upon ER status of tumors. This case-control study aimed to examine...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Zhu K,Beiler J,Hunter S,Payne-Wilks K,Roland CL,Forbes DS,Chinchilli VM,Bernard LJ,Jacobsen KH,Levine RS

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the present study was to examine variation in heart disease death rates by the social class of decedents. The term, "social class" refers to a complex set of phenomena such as control over economic resources, social status, and power relative to others in society. The target population for this study wa...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Barnett E,Williams CR,Moore L,Chen F

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study examines the cancer prevention and control priorities of uninsured Latin Americans and their primary care providers in metropolitan Washington, D.C. Patient and provider priorities are compared to identify common ground for future interventions in resource constrained primary care settings. METHOD...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： O'Malley AS,Rentería-Weitzman R,Huerta EE,Mandelblatt J,Latin American Cancer Research Coalition.

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a cross-sectional study, we examined the association between hyperinsulinemia and hypertension, independent of body mass, among White non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, and Mexican-American adults without diabetes. METHODS:Data are from 8,004 adults, aged > or = 20 years from the Third National Health and ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Brown DW,Giles WH,Greenlund KJ,Lamar-Welch V,Croft JB

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Baseline data from the Heart Attack REACT Study provided the opportunity to explore population subgroup differences in exposure to health information in an ethnically diverse sample from 5 regions across the United States. METHODS:During the 4-month baseline period of the REACT study, some 1,200 residents fr...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Benjamin-Garner R,Oakes JM,Meischke H,Meshack A,Stone EJ,Zapka J,Finnegan JR Jr,Wallace L,Taylor J,McGovern P

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine arterial elasticity in normotensives and in treated and untreated hypertensive Black and White subjects. METHODS:A prospective multicenter, controlled clinical trial evaluated large (C-) and small (C2) artery elasticity indices among 3 groups: 1) normotensive subjects with or without a family h...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Prisant LM,Resnick LM,Hollenberg SM,Jupin D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in the expression of the endothelin (ET) system in the peripheral vasculature of diabetic African-American (AA) and Caucasian (CA) patients. Tibial artery specimens were obtained from diabetic (MD = 8 and CAD = 5) and non-diabetic (AAND = 6 and...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Brothers TE,Grubbs AL,Zhang Y,Ergul A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if 1) Afro-Caribbean women prefer large body sizes, 2) the body size preference of Afro-Caribbean men and women are associated, 3) women's preferences are associated with increased risk of obesity or with weight management behaviors. DESIGN:Population samples of 314 and 487 women, ages 20-55 yea...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Tull ES,Butler C,Wickramasuriya T,Fraser H,Chambers EC,Brock V,Brown T,Christopher J,Clipper A,Neal-Furgusen D,Haney E,Spurill M,Jordan O,Pittsburgh MIRT Carribean Group.

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper focuses on understanding the perilous effects of interpersonal and institutional racism on the psychological and physiological well-being of Blacks. Interpersonal racism refers to prejudice and discriminatory behaviors directed toward individuals because of their race or ethnicity, and institutional racism ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Clark VR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploratory qualitative study was undertaken in Luton to examine the issues that may underlie the severe shortage of organ donors from the United Kingdom's (UK) Asian population. To date, this subject area had not been researched within this sub-population of the UK. Thus, focus groups were employed as the initial ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Randhawa G,Darr AR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify cultural barriers to hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccination and parental compliance with a specific vaccination protocol among a primarily among population of infants born at a community hospital. METHODS:This study was concurrent with an immunogenicity study of two vaccination schedules and occurre...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Froehlich H,West DJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conceptualization of perceived racism as a chronic stressor is relatively new to epidemiology. The Telephone-Administered Perceived Racism Scale (TPRS) captures the complexity of racism within five scales: Experience of Racism (by Blacks as a group and by the respondent), Emotional Responses, Behavioral Responses,...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Vines AI,McNeilly MD,Stevens J,Hertz-Picciotto I,Baird M,Baird DD

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although the concept of stress is hard to define or measure, it is a phenomenon associated with a number of health conditions, including hypertension, heart disease, and decreased immunocompetency. Events such as migration are known to create stress; researchers refer to this as acculturative stress. Given...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Uppaluri CR,Schumm LP,Lauderdale DS

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This cross-sectional study explored the relation between mammographic densities (a predictor of breast cancer risk), ethnicity, and dietary factors among women in Hawaii. Thirty-nine postmenopausal women with Japanese, Chinese, Caucasian, and Native Hawaiian ancestry who had received a screening mammogram completed a ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Maskarinec G,Lyu LC,Meng L,Theriault A,Ursin G

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both genetic and environmental factors have been hypothesized to explain the higher prevalence of hypertension in US African Americans compared to populations still residing in western Africa. Studies of first-generation immigrants can help to identify risk factors for increased chronic disease expression in the devel...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Hyman DJ,Ogbonnaya K,Pavlik VN,Poston WS,Ho K

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African-American infants weigh on average 200-300 grams less at birth than do European-American infants, leading to a two-fold higher rate of low birth-weight (LBW) infants. This birth weight disparity has not changed significantly over the past 95 years. Numerous research studies have been undertaken to elucidate thi...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Fuller KE

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to quantify familial resemblance for coronary heart disease risk in 260 Black and 427 White participants in the HERITAGE Family Study. Coronary heart disease risk was estimated using a coronary heart disease risk index (CHDRI) computed from the revised Framingham Heart Study algorithm, ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Katzmarzyk PT,Perusse L,Rice T,Gagnon J,Skinner JS,Wilmore JH,Leon AS,Rao DC,Bouchard C

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sickle cell disease is the most commonly inheritable blood disorder in man. Sickle cell anemia affects approximately one in 375 Blacks in the United States. There is yet no known cure for this disease. Families of sickle cell patients continue to be financially and emotionally devastated by sickle cell disease complic...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Ogamdi SO,Onwe F

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a sub-population of Nigerian children in the southern rain forest of Edo State, we recently observed widespread relative insensitivity to the taste of sodium chloride (NaCl-salt). This prompted the present study, in which we measured taste recognition threshold to NaCl (30, 60, 120, 180 mM) and sucrose (15, 50, 100...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Okoro EO,Brisibe F,Jolayemi ET,Hadizath Taimagari G

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine (1) how African-American and white men and women from similar low income communities perceive their body mass relative to others in the population; and (2) whether ethnic and gender differences exist in the selection of ideal body image sizes for the same and opposit...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Becker DM,Yanek LR,Koffman DM,Bronner YC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facing the conclusion of the twentieth century, cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a major cause of morbidity and a leading contributor to mortality worldwide. Developing countries, including those in South America and the Caribbean, contribute substantially to the global burden of CVD. Indeed, 8 to 9 million deaths...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Dominguez LJ,Barbagallo M,Sowers JR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Secular trends in onset of menarche and obesity were examined 14 years apart in two biracial (black-white) cohorts of girls aged 8 to 17 under study for cardiovascular risk. The first cohort (N=1,190, 64% white) was examined in 1978-1979, the second (N=1,164, 57% white) in 1992-1994. The second cohort was heavier in t...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Wattigney WA,Srinivasan SR,Chen W,Greenlund KJ,Berenson GS

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is increasing in all populations. This increment has been correlated with changes in lifestyle, particularly in eating behavior. Migration studies strongly suggest that NIDDM becomes more common when lifestyle factors interact with genetic susceptibilit...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Gaskin R

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine the prevalence and correlates of abnormal urinary albumin excretion and to examine the possible additive effects of cardiovascular risk factors on urinary albumin excretion in African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus. One hundred fifty-one African-American subj...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Konen JC,Summerson JH,Bell RA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Black women are more likely to be diagnosed with later stage breast cancer and have higher mortality rates from breast cancer than white women. To determine whether cancer treatment varies for white and black women, we analyzed data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Black-White Cancer Survival Study (BWCSS). Da...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Breen N,Wesley MN,Merrill RM,Johnson K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical inactivity, a primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease, is more prevalent within the African-American population. Unfortunately, only a few investigators have documented the effects of exercise training studies on cardiovascular fitness in this cohort. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Duey WJ,O'Brien WL,Crutchfield AB,Brown LA,Williford HN,Sharff-Olson M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of South Africa is nearly 40 million and is growing at the rate of 2.5% per year. The population is 76.2% black, 13.3% white, 8.6% "mixed," and 2.6% Asian. The life expectancy (between 1985 and 1990) for whites was 69 years for males and 77 years for females; and for blacks, life expectancy was 61 years...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Seedat YK

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine the adequacy of available evidence that: 1) left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and its regression influence the rate of cardiovascular events in hypertension; 2) carotid artery wall thickening and discrete plaque have comparable significance to LVH; and 3) black hypertensive patients have greater ...

journal_title：Ethnicity & disease

authors： Devereux RB,Okin PM,Roman MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00