High Prevalence of Diabetes Among Indo-Guyanese Adults, Schenectady, New York

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Hosler, Akiko S. ; Pratt, David S. ; Sen, Kathryn A. ; Buckenmeyer, Erin M. ; Simao, Alexander ; Back, Ephraim E. ; Savadatti, Sanghamitra ; Kahn, Jennifer L. ; Hunt, Glynnis S.
• Description:
  Introduction ; The Indo-Guyanese population is the largest immigrant minority population in Schenectady, New York. A clinic-based study in Schenectady and surveillance reports from Guyana found high diabetes prevalence and mortality among Guyanese of Indian descent. No community-based study has focused on diabetes among Indo-Guyanese immigrants in the United States. We sought information on the prevalence of diabetes and its complications in Indo-Guyanese adults in Schenectady and compared it with the prevalence among non-Hispanic white adults in Schenectady. ; Methods ; We administered a cross-sectional health survey at community venues in Schenectady in 2011. We identified diagnosed diabetes and its complications through self-reports by using a reliability-tested questionnaire. The final data set included 313 Indo-Guyanese and 327 non-Hispanic white adults aged 18 years or older. We compared the prevalence of diagnosed diabetes and diabetes complications between Indo-Guyanese and non-Hispanic whites. ; Results ; Most Indo-Guyanese participants were born in Guyana, whereas most non-Hispanic whites were born in the United States. The crude prevalence of diagnosed diabetes among Indo-Guyanese participants and non-Hispanic whites was 30.3% and 16.1%, respectively. The age-standardized prevalence was 28.7% among Indo-Guyanese participants, significantly higher than that among non-Hispanic whites (14.5%, P < .001). Indo-Guyanese participants who had diabetes had a lower body mass index and were more likely to report poor or fair general health and eye or vision complications than non-Hispanic whites who had diabetes. ; Conclusion ; Our study confirms the higher prevalence of diabetes in Indo-Guyanese adults in Schenectady. The higher prevalence of complications suggests poor control of diabetes. Excess burden of diabetes in this population calls for further research and public health action.
• Subjects:
  • Original Research
  • Adult
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Emigrants and Immigrants
  • Female
  • Health Status Indicators
  • Humans
  • Male
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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.120211
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  23537517
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC3614420
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  (U58DP002983-02/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; R24 HD044943/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  Guyana ; India ; New York
• Location:
  South America ; Asia ; North America
• Volume:
  10
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/19663/cdc_19663_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 218.75 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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