Asthma morbidity measures across Black ethnic subgroups.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Black adults are disproportionately affected by asthma and are often considered a homogeneous group in research studies despite cultural and ancestral differences.

Objective

We sought to determine if asthma morbidity differs across adults in Black ethnic subgroups.

Methods

Adults with moderate-severe asthma were recruited across the continental United States and Puerto Rico for the PREPARE (PeRson EmPowered Asthma RElief) trial. Using self-identifications, we categorized multiethnic Black (ME/B) participants (n = 226) as Black Latinx participants (n = 146) or Caribbean, continental African, or other Black participants (n = 80). African American (AA/B) participants (n = 518) were categorized as Black participants who identified their ethnicity as being Ameri

SUBMITTER: Ishmael L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922293 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature