Stepping Away from the Monolith: The Disaggregation of Asian Cardiovascular Data

Although nearly twenty million Asian-Americans reside in the United States and national census data has been disaggregated for over 40 years, medical literature has lagged behind these developments1,2. Data from major national surveys (e.g. The American Community Survey, The National Health Interview Survey, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey) were initially aggregated due to concerns regarding data privacy and lack of robust sample size leading to a monolithic analysis of Asian-Americans3,4.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research