Watkins L O
Am Heart J. 1984 Sep;108(3 Pt 2):635-40. doi: 10.1016/0002-8703(84)90648-3.
The Working Conference on Coronary Heart Disease in Black Populations should define an agenda for research to determine (1) the degree to which the persistent socioeconomic differences between U.S. blacks and whites are important environmental determinants of differing risk factor distributions and (2) whether these differences have a differential impact on the natural history of coronary disease in these groups. In addition, research should be directed toward the resolution of existing controversies and to the testing of hypotheses suggested by earlier work. In the definition of this agenda, attention must be paid to the methodologic problems identified in this article. The resolution of the controversies and the testing of hypotheses suggested by ethnic comparisons are of intrinsic scientific importance for ischemic heart disease research and is likely to yield insights of value in diminishing the heart disease burden in all segments of the population.
黑人人群冠心病工作会议应确定一项研究议程，以确定：（1）美国黑人和白人之间持续存在的社会经济差异在多大程度上是不同危险因素分布的重要环境决定因素；（2）这些差异是否对这些群体中冠心病的自然病程产生不同影响。此外，研究应致力于解决现有争议，并对早期研究提出的假设进行检验。在确定这一议程时，必须关注本文中指出的方法学问题。通过种族比较解决争议和检验假设，对于缺血性心脏病研究具有内在的科学重要性，并且可能会产生有价值的见解，有助于减轻所有人群中的心脏病负担。
