Asian Americans: Diabetes Prevalence Across U.S. and World Health Organization Weight Classifications

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• Alternative Title:
  Diabetes Care
• Personal Author:
  Oza-Frank, Reena ; Ali, Mohammed K. ; Vaccarino, Viola ; Narayan, K.M. Venkat
• 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.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Aged Asian Body Mass Index Diabetes Mellitus Female Humans Male Middle Aged Young Adult

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• 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
• Volume:
  32
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:96567d8a024b0c3f23365dbb19d8c52dbabf3be4ee59201fc6e47face257734c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/22905/cdc_22905_DS1.pdf
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