Gomez Scarlett L, Kelsey Jennifer L, Glaser Sally L, Lee Marion M, Sidney Stephen
Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2004 Nov;94(11):1977-84. doi: 10.2105/ajph.94.11.1977.
We sought to determine how risk factors for disease vary among Asian subgroups.
Using data from a case-control study conducted at Northern California Kaiser Medical Centers (from 1996 to 2001), we compared prevalence of selected risk factors among Asian subgroups and evaluated the associations of these risk factors with sociodemographic factors.
Chinese and Japanese patients had a lower body mass index (kg/m(2)) than did other Asians. In all subgroups, being born in the United States was associated with having a body mass index greater than 25 kg/m(2). Compared with other Asians, more Japanese and multiple-race Asians smoked, and more Filipino and multiple-race Asian smokers started smoking at 18 years or younger. Filipinos and multiple-race Asians also were more likely to report diabetes.
These data support the importance of efforts to distinguish among Asian subgroups in public health practice and research.
我们试图确定疾病风险因素在亚洲不同亚组之间是如何变化的。
利用在北加利福尼亚凯撒医疗中心进行的一项病例对照研究（1996年至2001年）的数据，我们比较了亚洲不同亚组中选定风险因素的患病率，并评估了这些风险因素与社会人口学因素之间的关联。
华裔和日裔患者的体重指数（kg/m²）低于其他亚洲人。在所有亚组中，在美国出生与体重指数大于25 kg/m² 相关。与其他亚洲人相比，更多的日裔和多种族亚洲人吸烟，更多的菲律宾裔和多种族亚洲吸烟者在18岁及以下开始吸烟。菲律宾裔和多种族亚洲人也更有可能报告患有糖尿病。
这些数据支持了在公共卫生实践和研究中区分亚洲不同亚组的重要性。
