在一个多中心的巴西研究中探索种族/种族和青光眼患病率之间的关联:ELSA-巴西
Patrícia Sena P de G V Protásio1,2,3,4, Maria da Conceição Almeida5, Marcelo Krieger Maestri6
1Programa de Pós Graduação em Medicina e Saúde (PPGMS), Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA), Salvador, Brazil.
Ethnicity & disease
|March 24, 2025
概括
与白人相比,黑人和混合种族的巴西人中青光眼的患病率更高. 肥胖和糖尿病等可预防的健康状况有助于这些差异,突出了针对性干预的必要性.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- 玻璃眼不成比例地影响全球黑人人口.
- 巴西多元人口中青光眼患病率的种族差异并未得到充分理解.
- 识别导致这些差异的因素对于公共卫生倡议至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了调查巴西种族和青光眼患病率之间的关联.
- 为了确定潜在的可预防的因素,影响在青光眼的种族差异.
- 为预防和管理青光眼的有针对性的战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 从巴西成人健康纵向研究 (2008-2010) 中对10,696名参与者的横截面分析.
- 收集了自我报告的种族 (白人,黑人,混合种族,亚洲人,土著人) 和玻璃眼病状况.
- 普森回归被用来计算患病率,调整社会人口统计学因素和并发症.
主要成果:
- 青光眼的患病率在黑人中为5.8%,混合种族中为3.8%,白人中为2.4%.
- 与白人相比,黑人 (PR=2.75) 和混合种族 (PR=1.85) 的人群中,年龄调整后的玻璃眼癌患病率明显高于白人.
- 伴随性疾病 (肥胖,高血压,糖尿病) 在非白人群体中更为普遍,部分解释了增加的玻璃眼风险.
结论:
- 非白人巴西人,特别是黑人和混合种族的人,表现出更高的自我报告青光眼的流行率.
- 可预防的健康状况是这些观察到的种族差异的重要因素.
- 解决并发性疾病可以减轻巴西种族群体之间的青光眼患病率差异.
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