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Condyloma acuminata in under-represented groups: an All of Us database analysis
  1. Isabelle Moseley1,
  2. Sara D Ragi1,
  3. Samantha Ouellette2,
  4. Babar Rao2
  1. 1 Department of Dermatology, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
  2. 2 Department of Dermatology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
  1. Correspondence to Isabelle Moseley, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903-4228, USA; isabelle_moseley{at}brown.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2022-055467

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    Introduction

    The burden of condyloma acuminata (CA) among under-represented groups has not been examined in a US-based epidemiological study. The new National Institutes of Health All of Us (AoU) Research Programme aims to gather health data from one million or more people living in the USA to elucidate health disparities, particularly in communities who have been historically excluded from biomedical research.1 Inclusion criteria are adults over 18 years with the capacity to consent.1 AoU defines under-represented groups prioritised for analysis based not only on race/ethnicity but also on age (≥75 years), disability (inability to perform everyday physical activities), sexual orientation/gender identity (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual and all other non-heterosexual identities (LGBTQIA+)), income (annual household income ≤US$35 000) and education (less than a high-school degree).1 We used the latest AoU data release (available to registered researchers at www.researchallofus.org) to evaluate the disease burden of CA among under-represented groups defined by this novel framework.

    Methods and results

    We linked survey and electronic health record data to estimate the prevalence of CA on enrolment in each under-represented group. We evaluated AoU Registered …

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    • Handling editor Anna Maria Geretti

    • Contributors IM came up with the data analysis plan and performed statistical analysis. All authors contributed to writing and revising the letter.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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