scholarly journals Association of birthplace and self-reported hypertension by racial/ethnic groups among US adults – National Health Interview Survey, 2006–2010

2012 ◽  
Vol 30 (12) ◽  
pp. 2285-2292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Fang ◽  
Carma Ayala ◽  
Fleetwood Loustalot
2019 ◽  
Vol 134 (4) ◽  
pp. 338-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Wen ◽  
Shelley H. Liu ◽  
Yan Li ◽  
Perry Sheffield ◽  
Bian Liu

Few studies have examined the asthma burden among small racial/ethnic minority groups such as Asian children. We examined asthma disparities among children aged 4-17 in 6 small non-Hispanic racial/ethnic minority groups (American Indian/Alaska Native [AI/AN], Asian Indian, Chinese, Filipino, other Asian, and multiple race) by using the 2006-2015 National Health Interview Survey. These small minority groups represented a weighted 6.1% of the study population (6770 of 88 049). The prevalence of current asthma ranged from 5.5% (95% confidence interval [CI], 3.5%-7.5%) among Chinese children to 13.8% (95% CI, 10.4%-17.2%) among multiple-race children and 14.6% (95% CI, 10.8%-18.4%) among AI/AN children. Compared with non-Hispanic white children, AI/AN (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.6; 95% CI, 1.2-2.2) and multiple-race (aOR = 1.4; 95% CI, 1.0-2.0) children had higher odds for current asthma. Several small racial/ethnic minority groups are at heightened risk of asthma-associated outcomes, highlighting the need for further research on these populations.


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