东加勒比卫生结果研究网络 (ECHORN) 队列研究:设计,方法和基线特征
Terri-Ann M Thompson1, Mayur M Desai2, Josefa L Martinez-Brockman3
1Ibis Reproductive Health, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA.
International journal of environmental research and public health
|January 26, 2024
概括
非传染性疾病 (NCD) 不成比例地影响加勒比和美国领土. 埃科恩队列研究 (ECS) 加强了数据收集,以了解这些不同人群中的NCD流行率和风险因素.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 与美国和加拿大相比,非传染性疾病 (NCD) 在加勒比和美国领土造成的死亡率和发病率更高.
- 这些地区的多数少数民族社区面临着严重的健康差异.
- 加强种族/种族群体之间的数据收集对于解决非传染性疾病至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了描述ECHORN队列研究 (ECS) 的方法,抽样,数据收集和人口统计,一波参与者.
- 估计美国领土和加勒比群岛的NCD流行率和风险因素.
- 为比较跨种族/族群的NCD结果和评估COVID-19影响提供基础.
主要方法:
- 埃科恩队列研究 (ECS) 采用了参与岛屿的随机和概率抽样.
- 数据收集包括临床检查,实验室测试和健康调查.
- 使用了区域性成人队列研究设计,其中一小部分参与者为生物银行提供了血液样本.
主要成果:
- 大约有2961名参与者参加了第一波的ECS.
- 参与者的平均年龄为57岁,大多数人认为自己是女性.
- 为了未来的比较分析,收集了人口统计数据.
结论:
- 欧洲遗传系统为了解代表性不足的人群中的非传染性疾病提供了有价值的数据.
- 这些发现将有助于在种族/族群中比较NCD结果.
- 这项研究将为加勒比地区和美国领土的非传染性疾病的未来研究和干预提供信息.
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