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DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES
Volume 64, Issue 1, Pages 249-261Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-018-5291-1
Keywords
Health disparity; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatitis; Post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus
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- Auckland Medical Research Foundation [1116021]
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Ethnic health disparity is a well-acknowledged issue in many disease settings, but not diseases of the exocrine pancreas. A systematic review and meta-analysis was conducted to explore the race- and ethnicity-specific burden of diseases of the exocrine pancreas. Studies that compared health-related endpoints between two or more ethnicities were eligible for inclusion. Proportion meta-analyses were conducted to compare burden between groups. A total of 42 studies (24 on pancreatic cancer, 17 on pancreatitis, and one on pancreatic cyst) were included in the systematic review, of which 19 studies were suitable for meta-analyses. The incidence of pancreatic cancer was 1.4-fold higheramong African-Americans, while the incidence of acute pancreatitis was 4.8-fold higher among an indigenous population (New Zealand Maori) compared with Caucasians. The prevalence of post-pancreatitis diabetes mellitus was up to 3.0-fold higher among certain ethnicities, including Asians, Pacific Islanders, and indigenous populations compared with Caucasians. The burden of diseases of the exocrine pancreas differs between ethnicities, with African-Americans and certain indigenous populations being at the greatest risk of developing these diseases. Development of race- and ethnicity-specific screening as well as protocols for lifestyle modifications may need to be considered with a view to reducing the disparities in burden of diseases of the exocrine pancreas.
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