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ArticleAmerican journal of public health2013

Immigrant generation and diabetes risk among Mexican Americans: the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging.

Aimee Afable-Munsuz, Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, Eliseo J Pérez-Stable, Mary N Haan

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Aimee Afable-MunsuzDivision of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. ee.afable-munsuz@downstate.edu
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda
Eliseo J Pérez-Stable
Mary N Haan

Funding

UCSF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024131 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSTON, S. CLAIBORNE · 2006 to 2011
$111.2M
RESOURCE CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH IN DIVERSE POPULATIONP30AG015272 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI LEAH S KARLINER · 1997 to 2026
$19.5M
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN ELDERLY HISPANICSR01AG012975 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HAAN, MARY N · 1997 to 2015
$13.8M
Diabetes in older Latinos, stress and brain changesR01DK060753 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI HAAN, MARY N. · 2002 to 2004
$1.4M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024131NIA NIH HHS AG12975NIA NIH HHS P30 AG015272NIA NIH HHS P30-AG15272NIA NIH HHS R01 AG012975NIDDK NIH HHS DK60753NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK060753
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Abstract

objectivesWe examined whether acculturation and immigrant generation, a marker for assimilation, are associated with diabetes risk in an aging Mexican-origin population.

methodsWe analyzed data on 1789 adults aged 60 to 101 years from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. We ascertained type 2 diabetes on the basis of diabetic medication use, self-report of physician diagnosis, or a fasting glucose of 126 milligrams/deciliter or greater. Logistic regression modeled prevalent diabetes.

resultsAdjusting for age and gender, we observed significant but divergent associations between immigrant generation, acculturation, and diabetes risk. Relative to first-generation adults, second-generation adults had an odds ratio (OR) of 1.8 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.4, 2.4) and third-generation adults had an OR of 2.1 (95% CI = 1.4, 3.1) of having diabetes. Greater US acculturation, however, was associated with a slightly decreased diabetes rate. In the full model adjusting for socioeconomic and lifestyle factors, the association between generation (but not acculturation) and diabetes remained significant.

conclusionsOur study lends support to the previously contested notion that assimilation is associated with an increased diabetes risk in Mexican immigrants. Researchers should examine the presence of a causal link between assimilation and health more closely.

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AcculturationAgedAged, 80 and overAge DistributionCaliforniaDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Emigrants and ImmigrantsFemaleHumansInterviews as TopicLongitudinal StudiesMaleMexican AmericansMexicoMiddle AgedMotor Activity

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PMID23488481
PMCPMC3686633

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