OBJECTIVE: There is evidence of substantial ethnic variations in @entity565 morbidity and the risk of hospitalisation, but the picture in relation to lower @entity1729 is unclear. We carried out an observational study to identify ethnic group differences for lower @entity1729 . DESIGN: A retrospective, cohort study. SETTING: Scotland. @entity1 : 4.65 million @entity1 on whom information was available from the 2001 census, followed from May 2001 to April 2010. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Hospitalisations and deaths (any time following first hospitalisation) from lower @entity1729 , adjusted risk ratios and hazard ratios by ethnicity and sex were calculated. We multiplied ratios and confidence intervals by 100, so the reference Scottish White population's risk ratio and hazard ratio was 100. RESULTS: Among @entity1 , adjusted risk ratios for lower @entity1729 hospitalisation were lower in Other White British (80, 95% confidence interval 73-86) and Chinese (69, 95% confidence interval 56-84) populations and higher in Pakistani groups (152, 95% confidence interval 136-169). In @entity1 , results were mostly similar to those in @entity1 (e.g. Chinese 68, 95% confidence interval 56-82), although higher adjusted risk ratios were found among @entity1 of the Other South Asians group (145, 95% confidence interval 120-175). Survival (adjusted hazard ratio) following lower @entity1729 for Pakistani @entity1 (54, 95% confidence interval 39-74) and @entity1 (31, 95% confidence interval 18-53) was better than the reference population. CONCLUSIONS: Substantial differences in the rates of lower @entity1729 amongst different ethnic groups in Scotland were found. Pakistani @entity1 and @entity1 had particularly high rates of lower @entity1729 hospitalisation. The reasons behind the high rates of lower @entity1729 in the Pakistani community are now required.

Ethnic variations in morbidity and mortality from lower XXXX : a retrospective cohort study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'people', 'men'] @entity565 :: ('MESH:D001249', 'Disease') :: ['asthma'] @entity1729 :: ('MESH:D012141', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory tract infections', 'respiratory tract infection']
@entity1729 :: (MESH:D012141,Disease) :: ['respiratory tract infections']
