New York University Langone Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.
New York University Langone Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY.
Ann Vasc Surg. 2023 May;92:87-92. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2022.12.094. Epub 2023 Jan 13.
We noted distinct differences between the demographics among the presidents of various vascular societies. To help characterize these among the present United States, Canadian, and European vascular societies, we queried the websites for the United States, Canadian, and European vascular societies in a systematic review for the names of their presidents since their respective inceptions.
Age and ethnicity were determined by a search on healthgrades.com, Google, and online obituaries. The year of ascendency to the presidency and the year of birth were used as identifying time points.
There are significant differences between the ages of the presidents of the various vascular societies. While the presidents of Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society were significantly younger than those of every other vascular society examined, Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society, Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery, and Society of Vascular Medicine were also significantly younger than the remainder of the societies examined (P < 0.0001). The presidents of the remaining societies were not significantly different in age from each other. When comparing the ages of the presidents in the first and last decades of each society, 2 were found to have significantly increased (Society of Vascular Medicine [P = 0.0029] and Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society [P < 0.0001]), while 2 others were found to have significantly decreased (New England Society for Vascular Surgery [P = 0.0092] and Eastern Vascular Society [P = 0.0085]). Of the 532 total entries for these presidents examined over these 13 societies, 19 (3.6%) of these were filled by women and 37 (7%) with minorities.
There was a great deal of variability in terms of age, gender, and minority representation of the presidents among the vascular societies examined. While the share of women and minorities to serve as presidents in vascular societies varied between societies, both groups were under-represented across the board. However, in recent years, the number of women and minorities elected as presidents of vascular societies has been trending upwards.
我们注意到不同血管协会主席的人群统计学特征存在明显差异。为了帮助描述目前美国、加拿大和欧洲血管协会主席的特征，我们通过系统回顾，在各协会网站上查询了自成立以来的主席姓名。
通过在 healthgrades.com、Google 和在线讣告上搜索，确定年龄和种族。使用担任主席的年份和出生年份作为识别时间点。
不同血管协会主席的年龄存在显著差异。血管和血管外科学会主席比其他所有检查的血管协会主席都要年轻，而中西部血管外科学会、加拿大血管外科学会和血管医学学会的主席也比其余被检查的协会年轻（P<0.0001）。其余协会的主席年龄彼此之间没有显著差异。当比较每个协会前几十年和最后几十年主席的年龄时，发现有 2 个协会的主席年龄显著增加（血管医学学会[P=0.0029]和血管和血管外科学会[P<0.0001]），而另外 2 个协会的主席年龄显著减少（新英格兰血管外科学会[P=0.0092]和东部血管外科学会[P=0.0085]）。在这 13 个协会的 532 位主席中，有 19 位（3.6%）是女性，37 位（7%）是少数民族。
在所检查的血管协会中，主席的年龄、性别和少数民族代表性存在很大差异。虽然女性和少数民族担任血管协会主席的比例因协会而异，但这两个群体在各个方面都代表性不足。然而，近年来，当选为血管协会主席的女性和少数民族人数呈上升趋势。
