Publications by authors named "Matthew J Laffey"
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons in the US experience a disparity in chronic respiratory diseases compared to white persons. Using Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data, we previously showed that the AI/AN race/ethnicity variable was not associated with asthma and/or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in a BRFSS-defined subset of 11 states historically recognized as having a relatively high proportion of AI/AN residents. Here, we investigate the contributions of the AI/AN variable and other sociodemographic determinants to disease disparity in the remaining 39 US states and territories.
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- American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) people have more chronic respiratory diseases, but the reasons are not fully understood.
- This study looked at data from 2011 to 2018 to see how being AI/AN and other factors like age and income affect these health issues in 11 states with many AI/AN residents.
- The findings showed that while AI/AN individuals had higher rates of respiratory disease compared to non-Hispanic whites, being AI/AN alone didn’t directly cause the disease; other factors like social and economic conditions played a bigger role.