Racial disparities in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health outcomes are well-described, and recent research has shed light on the mechanistic underpinnings of those disparities. However, "race" is a social construct that is poorly defined and continually evolving, and is historically based on faulty premises. The continued categorization by race in physiological research suggests that there are inherent differences between races, rather than addressing the specific underlying factors that result in health disparities between groups. The purpose of this Perspectives article is to provide a brief history of the genesis of categorization by race, why such categorization should be reconsidered in physiology research, and offer recommendations to more directly investigate the underlying factors that result in group disparities in cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health.

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从生理学角度审视“种族”


心血管和脑血管健康结果的种族差异已得到充分描述，最近的研究揭示了这些差异的机制基础。然而，“种族”是一种定义不明确且不断发展的社会建构，并且在历史上基于错误的前提。生理学研究中持续按种族分类表明种族之间存在固有差异，而不是解决导致群体之间健康差异的具体潜在因素。这篇《观点》文章的目的是提供种族分类起源的简史，为什么在生理学研究中应该重新考虑这种分类，并提供建议，以更直接地调查导致心脑血管健康群体差异的潜在因素。