Comorbidities and ethnic health disparities in the UK biobank.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between comorbidities and ethnic health disparities in a diverse, cosmopolitan population.

Materials and methods

We used the UK Biobank (UKB), a large progressive cohort study of the UK population. Study participants self-identified with 1 of 5 ethnic groups and participant comorbidities were characterized using the 31 disease categories captured by the Elixhauser Comorbidity Index. Ethnic disparities in comorbidities were quantified as the extent to which disease prevalence within categories varies across ethnic groups and the extent to which pairs of comorbidities co-occur within ethnic groups. Disease-risk factor comorbidity pairs were identified where one comorbidity is known to be a risk factor for a c

SUBMITTER: Teagle WL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9272510 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature