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Population
The present study focuses on data obtained from a sample of residents of Erie and Niagara counties in New York State, enrolled as part of a series of studies conducted between September 1995 and May 2001. A detailed report of the study design, participant enrollment, and methodology has been described previously. Potential participants were randomly [...]
- In: Main
- Tags: African Americans, alcohol consumption, hepatic enzymes, liver damage, race
INTRODUCTION
Although differences in age-adjusted death rates for chronic liver disease and cirrhosis between the two major ethnic groups in the United States have been considerably reduced in the last two decades, African Americans still exhibit higher rates compared to Caucasians with a larger difference in men. Among possible explanations, differences in alcohol consumption have been [...]
- In: Main
- Tags: African Americans, alcohol consumption, hepatic enzymes, liver damage, race
There are a number of possible explanations— some real, others factitious—for any observed differences in the prevalence of PD between groups of European origin and Africans or African Americans. First, we must consider that the differences in prevalence are real and the result of biological or environmental differences between populations. There is some evidence to [...]
- In: Disease
- Tags: African, etiology, Parkinson's, Parkinsonism, prevalence
A search of the 1988 mortality files, created by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), looking for individuals who died with an ICD-9 diagnosis of PD revealed racial differences. Whether PD was the underlying cause of death, a contributing cause, or just a diagnosis that people carried, whites had significantly higher rates than blacks. [...]
- In: Disease
- Tags: African, etiology, Parkinson's, Parkinsonism, prevalence