The participants were European and overwhelmingly white, for instance, so other studies will be needed to confirm the link between waist size and diabetes in people
of other ethnic backgrounds.
The small group of students in the study
from other ethnic backgrounds was diverse and less likely to use the voucher when it was offered to them, so we are hesitant to interpret their results.
About half were European American; 40 percent were African American and the rest were of
other ethnic backgrounds.
About half were European American; 40 percent were African American and the rest were of
other ethnic backgrounds.
African American women were found to be twice as likely to be diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy as compared to women of Caucasian, Hispanic / Latina, Asian, and
other ethnic backgrounds, according to a new study — the largest of its kind — published today in JAMA Cardiology by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
White intelligent well educated, outdoorsy, plus size is good, women of color and
other ethnic background are good with me.
In my view it was pretty clear that the results showed test score gains for African Americans but not for the students from Hispanic and
other ethnic backgrounds.
And, he notes, researchers often fail to report other psychosocial measures of wellbeing, such as teen pregnancy and obesity, in which Asian Americans do as well as or better than peers from
other ethnic backgrounds.
Mothers were from various regions across the United States and repre - sented a range of ethnic identifications (i.e., 79.8 % Caucasian, 5.2 % Hispanic, 4.7 % African American, 4.3 % Asian American, 1.3 % Native American, 1.3 % belonging to
some other ethnic background, and 3.4 % preferred not to answer).
Of the children, 56 percent were from a Dutch / white background, 10 percent were Moroccan, 10 percent were Turkish, 6 percent were Surinamese, 5 percent were from the Netherlands Antilles, and 13 percent were from
other ethnic backgrounds.
Data were drawn from a sample of 862 two - parent families and their adolescent children (52 % males; 54 % European American; 44 % African American; 2 %
other ethnic backgrounds).