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. 2022 Mar;11(5):e024776.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.121.024776. Epub 2022 Feb 22.

Racial and Ethnic Group Underrepresentation in Studies of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Cardiovascular Risk

Sofia E Gomez  1 , Ashish Sarraju  2 , Fatima Rodriguez  2
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Racial and Ethnic Group Underrepresentation in Studies of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes and Cardiovascular Risk

Sofia E Gomez et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 Mar.
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Keywords: adverse pregnancy outcomes; cardiovascular risk factors; racial and ethnic disparities.

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Figure 1. Racial and ethnic representation among pooled US study participants per 2010 and 2020 US Census estimates.
A, Proportion of studies reporting participant‐level racial and ethnic data. B, Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) by racial and ethnic group, using gestational diabetes prevalence data from Northern California cohort 1995 to 2004 and preeclampsia incidence data from New York City cohort 1993 to 2002. GDM indicates gestational diabetes; and PE, preeclampsia.
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