Grouping women of South Asian ethnicity for pregnancy research in New Zealand.

Esti De Graaff Lynn C SadlerHeena LakhdhirRachel Simon-Kumar Roshini Peiris-JohnWendy BurgessKaraponi Okesene-Gafa Robin S Cronin Lesley M E McCowan Ngaire Anderson

Published in: The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology (2022)

Based on these findings, we suggest a review of current NZ Ministry of Health ethnicity data protocols. We recommend that researchers understand the risk profiles of participants prior to aggregation of groups in research, to mitigate risks associated with masking differences.

Keyphrases

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