TY - JOUR
T1 - Acculturation and diabetes risk in the Mexican American mano a mano cohort
AU - Anderson, Chelsea
AU - Zhao, Hua
AU - Daniel, Carrie R.
AU - Hromi-Fiedler, Amber
AU - Dong, Qiong
AU - Elhor Gbito, Kplola Y.
AU - Wu, Xifeng
AU - Chow, Wong Ho
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - Objectives. To investigate the association between acculturation and diabetes risk in the Mexican American Mano a Mano (hand to hand) Cohort. Methods.We recruited 15 975 men and women in the Houston, Texas, area from 2001 to 2014. We used language use, birth country, and duration of US residence (among Mexico-born) to assess acculturation. Participants self-reported a physician's diagnosis of diabetes during annual follow-up over an average of 5.4 (range = 1-13) years. Selfreported diabetes status was validated in medical records for a subset of 235 participants with 98% agreement. Results. Diabetes risk was higher among immigrants with 15 to 19, 20 to 24, and 25 or more years (relative risk = 1.47; 95% confidence interval = 1.07, 2.01) of US residence, relative to those with less than 5 years. Neither language acculturation nor birth country was significantly associated with diabetes risk. Conclusions. Among participants born in Mexico, diabetes risk increased with longer duration of US residence.
AB - Objectives. To investigate the association between acculturation and diabetes risk in the Mexican American Mano a Mano (hand to hand) Cohort. Methods.We recruited 15 975 men and women in the Houston, Texas, area from 2001 to 2014. We used language use, birth country, and duration of US residence (among Mexico-born) to assess acculturation. Participants self-reported a physician's diagnosis of diabetes during annual follow-up over an average of 5.4 (range = 1-13) years. Selfreported diabetes status was validated in medical records for a subset of 235 participants with 98% agreement. Results. Diabetes risk was higher among immigrants with 15 to 19, 20 to 24, and 25 or more years (relative risk = 1.47; 95% confidence interval = 1.07, 2.01) of US residence, relative to those with less than 5 years. Neither language acculturation nor birth country was significantly associated with diabetes risk. Conclusions. Among participants born in Mexico, diabetes risk increased with longer duration of US residence.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303008
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2015.303008
M3 - Article
C2 - 26794174
AN - SCOPUS:84959045801
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 106
SP - 547
EP - 549
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 3
ER -