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OBJECTIVES Through a scoping review, we examine in this survey what ways health equity has been promoted in clinical research informatics with patient implications and especially published in the year of 2021 (and some in 2022). METHOD A scoping review was conducted guided by using methods described in the Joanna Briggs Institute Manual. The review process consisted of five stages: 1) development of aim and research question, 2) literature search, 3) literature screening and selection, 4) data extraction, and 5) accumulate and report results. RESULTS From the 478 identified papers in 2021 on the topic of clinical research informatics with focus on health equity as a patient implication, 8 papers met our inclusion criteria. All included papers focused on artificial intelligence (AI) technology. The papers addressed health equity in clinical research informatics either through the exposure of inequity in AI-based solutions or using AI as a tool for promoting health equity in the delivery of healthcare services. While algorithmic bias poses a risk to health equity within AI-based solutions, AI has also uncovered inequity in traditional treatment and demonstrated effective complements and alternatives that promotes health equity. CONCLUSIONS Clinical research informatics with implications for patients still face challenges of ethical nature and clinical value. However, used prudently-for the right purpose in the right context-clinical research informatics could bring powerful tools in advancing health equity in patient care.
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Bermúdez-López M, Martí-Antonio M, Castro-Boqué E, Bretones MDM, Farràs C, Gonzalez J, Pamplona R, Lecube A, Mauricio D, Cambray S, Valdivielso JM, Fernández E. Cumulative tobacco consumption has a dose-dependent effect on atheromatosis burden and improves severe atheromatosis prediction in asymptomatic middle-aged individuals: The ILERVAS study. Atherosclerosis 2023; 375:75-83. [PMID: 37276714 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2023.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Sex-specific impact of cumulative tobacco consumption (CTC) on atheromatosis extension and total plaque area remains unknown. We aimed to determine the impact of CTC in atheromatosis localization and burden. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional analysis in 8330 asymptomatic middle-aged individuals. 12-territory vascular ultrasounds in carotid and femoral arteries were performed to detect atheromatous plaque presence and to measure total plaque area. Adjusted regressions and conditional predictions by smoking habit or CTC (stratified in terciles as low (≤13.53), medium (13.54-29.3), and high (>29.3 packs-year)) were calculated. Severe atheromatosis (SA, ≥3 territories with atheroma plaque) was predicted with the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation 2 (SCORE2) model. The improvement of SA prediction after adding CTC was evaluated. RESULTS CTC was associated with an increased risk of atheromatosis, stronger in femoral than in carotid artery, but similar in both sexes. A dose-dependent effect of CTC on the number of territories with atheroma plaque and total plaque area was observed. Addition of CTC to the SCORE2 showed a higher sensitivity, accuracy, and negative predictive value in males, and a higher specificity and positive predictive value in females. In both sexes, the new SCORE2-CTC model showed a significant increase in AUC (males: 0.033, females: 0.038), and in the integrated discrimination index (males: 0.072; females: 0.058, p < 0.001). Age and CTC were the most important clinical predictors of SA in both sexes. CONCLUSIONS CTC shows a dose-dependent association with atheromatosis burden, impacts more strongly in femoral arteries, and improves SA prediction.
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Affiliation(s)
- Marcelino Bermúdez-López
- Grupo de Investigación Translacional vascular y Renal, IRBLleida, Red de Investigación Renal (RedInRen. ISCIII), Lleida, Spain.
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- Grupo de Investigación Translacional vascular y Renal, IRBLleida, Red de Investigación Renal (RedInRen. ISCIII), Lleida, Spain
| | - Eva Castro-Boqué
- Grupo de Investigación Translacional vascular y Renal, IRBLleida, Red de Investigación Renal (RedInRen. ISCIII), Lleida, Spain
| | - María Del Mar Bretones
- Grupo de Investigación Translacional vascular y Renal, IRBLleida, Red de Investigación Renal (RedInRen. ISCIII), Lleida, Spain
| | - Cristina Farràs
- Centre d'Atenció Primària Cappont. Gerència Territorial de Lleida, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain; Research Support Unit Lleida, Fundació Institut Universitari per a la recerca a l'Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gorina (IDIAPJGol), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Jessica Gonzalez
- Departament de Medicina Respiratòria, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Grup Recerca Translational Medicina Respiratòria, IRBLleida, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; CIBER de enfermedades respiratorias (CIBERES), Madrid, Spain
| | - Reinald Pamplona
- Departament de Medicina Experimental, IRBLleida, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
| | - Albert Lecube
- Departament d'Endocrinologia i Nutrició, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Grup de Recerca Obesitat i Metabolisme (ODIM), IRBLleida, Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain
| | - Dídac Mauricio
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabólicas Asociadas (CIBERDEM), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), Madrid, Spain; Departament d'Endocrinologia i Nutrició, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Institut de Recerca Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain; Faculty of Medicine, University of Vic & Central University of Vic, Vic, Spain
| | - Serafi Cambray
- Grupo de Investigación Translacional vascular y Renal, IRBLleida, Red de Investigación Renal (RedInRen. ISCIII), Lleida, Spain
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- Grupo de Investigación Translacional vascular y Renal, IRBLleida, Red de Investigación Renal (RedInRen. ISCIII), Lleida, Spain.
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- Grupo de Investigación Translacional vascular y Renal, IRBLleida, Red de Investigación Renal (RedInRen. ISCIII), Lleida, Spain
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