The slavery hypertension hypothesis: Dissemination and appeal of a modern race theory
The slavery hypertension hypothesis: Dissemination and appeal of a modern race theory
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DOI：
10.1097/00001648-200301000-00027
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发表时间：
2003-01-01
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影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Hall, SA
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作者：
Kaufman, JS;Hall, SA
在本文中，我们提出了一个最近病因学假设的案例研究，该假设是为了解释观察到的高血压患病率的种族/民族差异而提出的。我们追溯了这一假设的历史发展，从早期的陈述到目前的表达。我们研究了科学期刊中发生的、通过医学教科书和大众媒体传播的争论，以及这些争论与来自人口遗传学、历史人口学和其他领域的推定证据的关系。尽管受到批评，这一假设仍然得到了一定程度的大众和科学界的认可。我们讨论这种现象与种族/民族差异流行病学中更广泛的主题有关。其中包括各种类型数据的使用和误用、同行评审的作用及其在评估超学科材料方面的潜在缺陷，以及在有争议的假设的情况下，关于“种族”的流行观念如何助长流行病学家的轻信。
In this essay we present a case study of a recent etiologic hypothesis that was advanced in an effort to explain observed racial/ethnic variation in hypertension prevalence. We trace the historical development of this hypothesis, from early statements to current expressions. We examine the debate that has transpired in scientific journals and been disseminated through medical textbooks and the popular press, and the relation of these arguments to putative evidence from population genetics, historical demography and other fields. Despite criticism, this hypothesis has sustained some considerable degree of popular and scientific acceptance. We discuss this phenomenon in relation to broader themes in the epidemiology of racial/ethnic disparities. These include the use and misuse of various types of data, the role of peer review and its potential deficiencies in evaluating extradisciplinary material, and the ways in which popular notions about “race” contribute to epidemiologists’ credulity in the case of a controvertible hypothesis.