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Table 4 Studies reporting adjusted prevalence of MLTCs multiple conditions across ethnic groups

From: Ethnic inequalities in multiple long-term health conditions in the United Kingdom: a systematic review and narrative synthesis

Study ID

Region

Data Source

Sample size

No. of Ethnic Categories

No. of conditions

Types of conditions

Index condition

Covariates

Effect measure

ORs/Prevalence and 95% CI

Reference: White Ethnicity

Overall Study Quality

Dorrington et al., 2020 [79]

Local

Lambeth Datanet

326,415

Asian, Black African, Black Caribbean, Black other, mixed, other, white

13

Epilepsy, Chronic Pain, Depression, Vascular, Cancer, Cardiac Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Severe Mental Illness, Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity, Respiratory Disease, Learning Disability

-

age, gender, deprivation

Black African: 1.92 (1.75–2.10)

Black Caribbean: 2.83 (2.56–3.14)

Mixed: 1.50 (1.31–1.72)

Black Other: 2.22 (1.87–2.64)

High

Mathur et al., 2020 [84]

National

CPRD data

179,886

Black, South Asian, white

8

Diabetes, Hypertension, Coronary Heart Disease (Angina/Myocardial Infarction), Heart Failure, Chronic Kidney Disease, Retinopathy, Neuropathy

Diabetes

age, sex, deprivation

South Asian: 0.88 (0.80–0.96)

Black: 0.50 (0.43–0.58)

High

Ashworth et al., 2019 [80]

Local

Primary care records

332,353

Black, mixed,other, South Asian, white

12

Atrial Fibrillation, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Pain, Chronic Kidney Disease, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Dementia, Depression, Heart Failure, Serious Mental Illness, Stroke, Morbid Obesity

-

age, gender, deprivation, cardiovascular risk

South Asian: 1.44 (1.29–1.61)

Black: 0.86 (0.80–0.92)

High

Owusu Adjah et al., 2018 [86]

National

THIN data

341,626

African-Caribbean, South Asian, Western European

5

Diabetes, Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, Stroke, Cancer

Diabetes

age, sex

Normal BMI

W. Europeans: 10.4% (9.5, 11.3)

South Asians: 6.8% (4.8, 9.5)

African-Caribbeans: 6.4% (4.0, 10.4)

High

Mathur et al., 2011 [27]

Local

Primary care records

99,648

Black, other, South Asian, white

5

Hypertension, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Heart Failure, Stroke, And Diabetes

-

age, sex

South Asian: 2.4 (1.94–2.15)

Black: 1.23 (1.18–1.29)

High

Roderick et al., 2009 [55]

National

UK Renal Registry data

5901

Black, South Asian, Caucasian

8

Established Renal Failure, Coronary Heart Disease, Diabetes, Any Vascular Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Smoking, Any Malignancy, Chronic Liver Disease

Established Renal Failure

age

South Asian: 1.26 (1.04–1.52)

Black: 0.70 (0.52–0.95)

High

Baskar et al., 2006 [87]

Local

Diabetes Register

6047

Afro-Caribbean, Caucasian, Indo-Asian

6

Diabetes, Retinopathy, Dipstick Proteinuria, Ischaemic Heart Disease, Cerebrovascular Disease, Peripheral Vascular Disease

Diabetes

age, gender, diabetes complication risk factors

Microvascular complications:

Afro-Caribbean: 1.29 (1.06–1.57)

Macrovascular complication:

Afro-Caribbean: 0.71(0.51–0.87)

Indo-Asian: 0.81 (0.67–0.93)

High

  1. OR Odds Ratio, CI Confidence Interval, THIN The Health Improvement Network, CPRD Clinical Practice Research Datalink