Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have a Lower Prevalence of Airflow Obstruction than Non-Hispanic Whites

Racial and Ethnic Minorities Have a Lower Prevalence of Airflow Obstruction than Non-Hispanic Whites

Racial and ethnic disparities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are not well-studied. Our objective was to examine differences in limited COPD-related outcomes between three minority groups—African Americans (AAs), Hispanics, and American Indians (AIs) versus non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs)...

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Main Authors: Akshay Sood, Hans Petersen, Congjian Liu, Orrin Myers, Xin Wang Shore, Bobbi A. Gore, Rodrigo Vazquez-Guillamet, Linda S. Cook, Paula Meek, Yohannes Tesfaigzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022-12-01
Series:COPD
Subjects:
copd
chronic bronchitis
emphysema
african americans
hispanic americans
american indians
miners
racial and ethnic differences
spirometric diagnosis of airflow obstruction
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15412555.2022.2029384

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