TY - JOUR AU - Gordon, Nancy P. AU - Lin, Teresa Y. AU - Rau, Jyoti AU - Lo, Joan C. PY - 2019 DA - 2019/11/25 TI - Aggregation of Asian-American subgroups masks meaningful differences in health and health risks among Asian ethnicities: an electronic health record based cohort study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 1551 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Few large cohort studies have examined the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), coronary artery disease (CAD), obesity, and smoking among middle-aged and older adults in the major Asian-American ethnic groups and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders (PIs). The aim of this study was to evaluate how prevalence of these conditions and risk factors differs across Asian-American and PI ethnic groups and compares with an aggregated All Asian-American racial group. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7683-3 DO - 10.1186/s12889-019-7683-3 ID - Gordon2019 ER -