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Khunti, K, Bellary, S, Karamat, M A, Patel, Kiran, Patel, V, Jones, A, Gray, J, Shepherd, P and Hanif, W (2017) Representation of people of South Asian origin in cardiovascular outcome trials of glucose-lowering therapies in Type 2 diabetes. Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association, 34 (1). pp. 64-68. ISSN 1464-5491. This article is available to all HEFT staff and students via http://tinyurl.com/z795c8c by using their HEFT Athens login IDs
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AIMS
Our aim was to investigate the proportional representation of people of South Asian origin in cardiovascular outcome trials of glucose-lowering drugs or strategies in Type 2 diabetes, noting that these are among the most significant pieces of evidence used to formulate the guidelines on which clinical practice is largely based.
METHODS
We searched for cardiovascular outcome trials in Type 2 diabetes published before January 2015, and extracted data on the ethnicity of participants. These were compared against expected values for proportional representation of South Asian individuals, based on population data from the USA, from the UK, and globally.
RESULTS
Twelve studies met our inclusion criteria and, of these, eight presented a sufficiently detailed breakdown of participant ethnicity to permit numerical analysis. In general, people of South Asian origin were found to be under-represented in trials compared with UK and global expectations and over-represented compared with US expectations. Among the eight trials for which South Asian representation could be reliably estimated, seven under-represented this group relative to the 11.2% of the UK diabetes population estimated to be South Asian, with the representation in these trials ranging from 0.0% to 10.0%.
CONCLUSIONS
Clinicians should exercise caution when generalizing the results of trials to their own practice, with regard to the ethnicity of individuals. Efforts should be made to improve reporting of ethnicity and improve diversity in trial recruitment, although we acknowledge that there are challenges that must be overcome to make this a reality.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Additional Information: | This article is available to all HEFT staff and students via http://tinyurl.com/z795c8c by using their HEFT Athens login IDs |
| Subjects: | WK Endocrine system. Endocrinology |
| Divisions: | Ambulatory Care > Diabetes |
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| Depositing User: | Mrs Caroline Tranter |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Feb 2017 14:24 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Feb 2017 14:24 |
| URI: | http://www.repository.uhblibrary.co.uk/id/eprint/1175 |
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