Omenka, Ogbonnaya Briggs, Anthony Nunes, Joao Seixas, Azizi Williams, Nastasha Jean-Louis, Girardin
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Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Despite efforts in recent years, including in policy and research, to address health disparities in the United States, many of those disparities continue to fester in marginalized racial/ethnic populations. Understanding sleep health disparities is critical in understanding the health and wellness of these groups. Using obstructive sleep apnea (OSA...
Sooy-Mossey, Meredith Matsuura, Mirai Ezekian, Jordan E Williams, Jason L Lee, Grace S Wood, Kathleen Dizon, Samantha Kaplan, Samantha J Li, Jennifer S Parente, Victoria
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Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a common condition with high morbidity and mortality and is subject to racial and ethnic health disparities. To conduct a systematic review of the literature to identify differences in mortality in pediatric patients with CHD based on race and ethnicity. Legacy PubMed (MEDLINE), Embase (Elsevier), and Scopus (Elsev...
Brar, Manjot Mc Ardle, Ríona Hagan, Alexander Al-Oraibi, Amani Hanjari, Matilda Stephan, Blossom Brayne, Carol Lafortune, Louise Bains, Manpreet Qureshi, Nadeem
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BACKGROUND: Increased understanding of dementia risk-reduction and early detection of Alzheimer's disease and related disorders has spurred interest in the identification of risks for dementia, underlying putative biologies, or dementia itself. Implementation of such approaches require acceptability to the public. Research prior to 2012 indicated l...
Badr, Fatmaelzahraa Chattha, Asma Javed
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Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology
The complex correlation between ethnicity and race, clinical hyperandrogenism as signified by hirsutism, and biochemical androgen concentrations in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is poorly understood. The aim of this study was to define the correlation between ethnicity/race and hirsutism score in patients with PCOS. We conducted a retrospective ...
Strassle, Paula D Wilkerson, Miciah J Stewart, Anita L Forde, Allana T Jackson, Chandra L Singh, Rupsha Nápoles, Anna María
COVID-related discrimination towards historically marginalized racial-ethnic groups in the United States has been well-documented; however, its impact on psychological distress and sleep (overall and within specific racial-ethnic groups) is largely unknown. We used data from our nationally representative, online survey of 5,500 American Indian/Alas...
Baptista, Trino Serrano, Ana Presti, Alirio Perez Lo Fernandez-Arana, Alberto Elkis, Helio Motuca, Mariano Olmos, Ismael Schoretsanitis, Georgios
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Schizophrenia research
The quality and quantity of clozapine safety monitoring considerably differs among South American countries and mainly focus on hematological surveillance. Few studies have been conducted on other clozapine-related adverse effects (ADRs) and mainly refer to case reports and literature reviews. We retrieved thirty-nine publications on clozapine rela...
Molina-Henry, Doris Raman, Rema Liu, Andy Langford, Oliver Johnson, Keith Shum, Leona Glover, Crystal Dhadda, Shobha Irizarry, Michael Jimenez-Maggiora, Gustavo
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INTRODUCTION: In trials of amyloid-lowering drugs for Alzheimers disease (AD), differential eligibility may contribute to under-inclusion of racial and ethnic underrepresented groups. We examined plasma amyloid beta 42/40 and positron emission tomography (PET) amyloid eligibility for the ongoing AHEAD Study preclinical AD program (NCT04468659). MET...
Ng, Sze May Evans, Mark L Oliver, Nick Rankin, David Dlugatch, Rachel Tonga, Eda Darko, Natalie Lawton, Julia
While diabetes technology offers significant clinical and quality-of-life benefits to people with type 1 diabetes, persistent inequalities in technology use based on ethnicity and deprivation are becoming increasingly evident. To date, there is limited research into the challenges and barriers to accessing and using diabetes technology and concerns...
Bishay, Anthony E. Hughes, Natasha C. Zargari, Michael Paulo, Danika L. Bishay, Steven Lyons, Alexander T. Morkos, Mariam N. Ball, Tyler J. Englot, Dario J. Bick, Sarah K.
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Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective therapy for Parkinson’s disease (PD), but disparities exist in access to DBS along gender, racial, and socioeconomic lines. Summary: Women are underrepresented in clinical trials and less likely to undergo DBS compared to their male counterparts. Racial and ethnic minorities are also less lik...
El Ayadi, Alison Lyndon, Audrey Kan, Peiyi Mujahid, Mahasin Leonard, Stephanie Main, Elliott Carmichael, Suzan
OBJECTIVE: Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is increasing and characterized by substantial racial and ethnic disparities. Analyzing trends and disparities across time by etiologic or organ system groups instead of an aggregated index may inform specific, actionable pathways to equitable care. We explored trends and racial and ethnic disparities in s...
