ArticleJournal of community health2016
Risk of Developing Diabetes Among Refugees and Immigrants: A Longitudinal Analysis.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Systematic review of electronic health records to manage chronic conditions among displaced populations.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- New Checkbox, Now What? A Scoping Review to Guide Health Research among Middle Eastern and North African Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Experiences of Healthcare Engagement from Somali Migrants Living with Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases in Victoria, Australia.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Food choices during resettlement among immigrants in the US.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Diabetes Comorbidity and Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer: A Prospective Study in an Integrative Oncology Setting.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Mediating pathways between neighborhood disadvantage and cardiovascular risk: quasi-experimental evidence from a Danish refugee dispersal policy.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Neurological Care of Refugees and Other Forcibly Displaced Persons.Seminars in neurology · 2024Article
- Group Belonging and Social Identities in the Transition of Asylum-Seekers in Greece: Longitudinal Pathways to Adjustment.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Comparing the health of refugee and asylee patients with that of non-refugee immigrant and US-born patients in a large Urban clinic.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The Presence and Profile of Neurological Conditions and Associated Psychiatric Comorbidities in U.S. Resettled Refugees: A Retrospective Single Center Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- Impact of United States refugee ban and discrimination on the mental health of hypertensive Arabic-speaking refugees.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Racial, Gender, and Size Bias in a Medical Graphical Abstract Gallery: A Content Analysis.Health equity · 2023Article
- Non-communicable diseases risk factors among the forcefully displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Assessment of ideal cardiovascular health metrics in refugees, East of Iran.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2021Article
- Long-Term Physical Health Outcomes of Resettled Refugee Populations in the United States: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- An Exploration of the Relationship Between Diabetes and Depression Among Immigrants in the United States.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Integrated Care Management to Improve Diabetes Outcomes in Refugee and Immigrant Patients (I-Care).Health equity · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in US-Bound Refugees: 2009-2017.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
- Health profile of adult special immigrant visa holders arriving from Iraq and Afghanistan to the United States, 2009-2017: A cross-sectional analysis.PLoS medicine · 2020Article
- Impact of Length of Residence in the United States on Risk of Diabetes and Hypertension in Resettled Refugees.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
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Abstract
To determine the difference in risk of developing diabetes for refugees, immigrants, and American-born participants living in the same communities, and to explore potential mediators of that difference. Retrospective longitudinal cohort from January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2013. Refugees aged ≥18 years were matched in a 1:3 ratio by age, gender, and date of care initiation to (1) Spanish-speaking non-refugee immigrants, and (2) English-speaking controls receiving care in the same community health center. We used proportional hazards regression to estimate the risk of incident diabetes. We tested whether differences in education or baseline obesity mediated diabetes risk using counterfactual mediation analysis. We included 3174 participants. Among refugee participants, the most common countries of origin were Somalia (17.8 %), Iraq (16.7 %) and Bhutan (8.8 %). Diabetes incidence rate was 1.94, 1.91, and 1.22 cases per 100 person-years follow-up for refugees, immigrants, and controls, respectively. In adjusted models, both refugee (HR 2.08 95 % CI 1.32-3.30) and immigrant (HR 1.51 95 % CI 1.01-2.24) statuses were associated with increased diabetes risk compared with controls. Risk between refugees and immigrants did not differ (adjusted HR for refugees 1.37 95 % CI 0.91-2.06). In mediation analyses, educational attainment mediated 36 % (p = 0.007) of the difference in diabetes risk between refugees/immigrants and controls. Baseline obesity did not mediate difference in diabetes risk (proportion mediated 1 %, p = 0.84). Refugees and immigrants had significantly increased risk for diabetes, partially mediated by education. Education-based lifestyle interventions may be a promising strategy to prevent diabetes for these vulnerable patients.
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