The importance of considering both racial and socioeconomic disparities: A response to Collins and Alpert.
The importance of considering both racial and socioeconomic disparities: A response to Collins and Alpert.
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考虑种族和社会经济差异的重要性：对柯林斯和阿尔珀特的回应。
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10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.09.009
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2009
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Matthews,KarenA
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Thurston,RebeccaC;Matthews,KarenA
我们感谢柯林斯和阿尔珀特在本期评论中对我们工作的兴趣和关注（柯林斯和阿尔珀特，2009）。我们也感谢他们强调了他们最近的出版物（柯林斯，Somes，& Alpert，2008），证明了基于肱踝顺应性的脉搏波速度（PWV）的种族/民族差异（与我们研究中的颈动脉-股动脉PWV相反）。柯林斯和Alpert指出，我们的出版物“只证实了以前发表的工作”（柯林斯和Alpert，2009）。我们同意重要的先前工作确实证明了PWV的种族/民族差异。然而，种族/民族和社会经济地位（SES）尚未联合检查，特别是与青少年亚临床心血管疾病（SCD）标志物的关系。考虑到非洲裔美国成年人和青年更经常处于较低的社会经济地位，这种联合分析很重要。因此，SES和种族可以混淆时，孤立地检查。我们感兴趣的是它们与SCD的相关关系。
We thank Collins and Alpert for their interest in and attention to our work in their commentary in this issue (Collins and Alpert, 2009). We also thank them for highlighting their recent publication (Collins, Somes, & Alpert, 2008) demonstrating racial/ethnic differences in pulse wave velocity (PWV) based on brachial-ankle compliance (as opposed to carotid-femoral PWV in our study).Collins and Alpert indicate that our publication “only confirms previously published work”(Collins and Alpert, 2009). We agree that important prior work does demonstrate racial/ethnic differences in PWV. However, race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) have not been examined jointly, particularly in relation to markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease (SCD) among adolescents. This joint analysis is important given that African American adults and youth are more often in lower SES positions. Thus, SES and race can be confounded when examined in isolation. We are interested in their relative associations with SCD.