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Alternative Title:
Diabetes Care
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/dc09-0573
Personal Author:
Oza-Frank, Reena ; Ali, Mohammed K. ; Vaccarino, Viola ; Narayan, K.M. Venkat
Oza-Frank, Reena ; Ali, Mohammed K. ; Vaccarino, Viola ; Narayan, K.M. Venkat Less -
Description:
OBJECTIVE

To compare diabetes prevalence among Asian Americans by World Health Organization and U.S. BMI classifications.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS

Data on Asian American adults (n = 7,414) from the National Health Interview Survey for 1997–2005 were analyzed. Diabetes prevalence was estimated across weight and ethnic group strata.

RESULTS

Regardless of BMI classification, Asian Indians and Filipinos had the highest prevalence of overweight (34–47 and 35–47%, respectively, compared with 20–38% in Chinese; P < 0.05). Asian Indians also had the highest ethnic-specific diabetes prevalence (ranging from 6–7% among the normal weight to 19–33% among the obese) compared with non-Hispanic whites: odds ratio (95% CI) for Asian Indians 2.0 (1.5–2.6), adjusted for age and sex, and 3.1 (2.4–4.0) with additional adjustment for BMI.

CONCLUSIONS

Asian Indian ethnicity, but not other Asian ethnicities, was strongly associated with diabetes. Weight classification as a marker of diabetes risk may need to accommodate differences across Asian subgroups.


Subject:
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Asian Americans
Body Mass Index
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Original Research
Young Adult

Source:
Diabetes Care. 32(9):1644-1646.
Pubmed ID:
19509010
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC2732150
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
1R36SH000008-01/SH/NCHS CDC HHS/United States
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:96567d8a024b0c3f23365dbb19d8c52dbabf3be4ee59201fc6e47face257734c
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