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. 2022 Jan 6;19(1):22–32. doi: 10.1177/17407745211069153

Table 5.

Summary of Indigenous population enrolment in general population chronic disease randomized controlled trials.

Location and total study enrolment Population identity and enrolment Chronic condition studied in the trial
Arthritis CVD Dental Diabetes HTN Kidney Mental illness Respiratory
Australia (n = 49,692) Indigenous, Aboriginal, and Torres Strait Islander
(n = 7032, 14.2%)
14% 0.002% 0.1%
General population
(n = 42,660, 85.8%)
1.5% 65.9% 8.0% 0.2% 0.4% 9.6% 0.3%
Canada
(n = 804)
First Nations, Inuit and Métis
(n = 0, 0%)
General population
(n = 804, 100%)
7.5% 34.5% 23.9% 18.4% 2.0% 9.7% 4.0%
New Zealand (n = 654) Maori and Pacific Islander
(n = 96, 14.7%)
0.8% 1.7% 12.2%
General population
(n = 558, 85.3%)
15% 16.8% 33.3% 6.1% 14.1%
US (n = 187,391) American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
(n = 4180, 2.2%)
0.1% 1.4% 0.1% 0.4% 0.01% 0.01% 0.1% 0.2
General population
(n = 183,211, 97.8%)
4.3% 29.3% 2.6% 25.0% 6.8% 1.9% 13.4% 14.6%
Multiple countries (n = 120,385) Indigenous
(n = 406, 0.3%)
0.1% 0.02% 0.1% 0.01% 0.02% 0.1%
General population
(n = 119,979, 99.7%)
6.6% 40.3% 0.04% 32.6% 1.0% 2.0% 4.3% 12.8%

CVD: cardiovascular disease; HTN: hypertension.

Proportions rounded to 1 decimal place unless <0.05%.