ArticleAmerican journal of public health2014
Immigrant generation and diabetes risk among Mexican Americans: the Sacramento area Latino study on aging.
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- Nativity, Neighborhoods, and Body Composition in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging.The Gerontologist · 2020Article
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- The influence of immigrant generation on obesity among Asian Americans in California from 2013 to 2014.PloS one · 2019Article
- The association of parental and offspring educational attainment with systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose and waist circumference in Latino adults.Obesity science & practice · 2018Article
- Glomerular disease frequencies by race, sex and region: results from the International Kidney Biopsy Survey.Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association · 2018Article
- Migration and cognitive function: a conceptual framework for Global Health Research.Global health research and policy · 2018Review
- Type 2 diabetes, depressive symptoms and disability over a 15-year follow-up period in older Mexican Americans living in the southwestern United States.Journal of diabetes and its complications · 2018Article
- Risk of Developing Diabetes Among Refugees and Immigrants: A Longitudinal Analysis.Journal of community health · 2016Article
- Time Since Migration and HIV Risk Behaviors Among Puerto Ricans Who Inject Drugs in New York City.Substance use & misuse · 2016Article
- Acculturation and Insulin Resistance among US Chinese Immigrant Women.Ethnicity & disease · 2015Article
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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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