Disparities in meeting physical activity guidelines for Asian Americans in two metropolitan areas in the United States

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• Alternative Title:
  Ann Epidemiol
• Personal Author:
  Yi, Stella S. ; Roberts, Calpurnyia ; Lightstone, Amy S. ; Shih, Margaret ; Trinh-Shevrin, Chau
• Description:
  Purpose ; Physical activity (PA) levels in Asian American adults may be lower than other racial/ethnic groups. This analysis tested the hypothesis that Asian Americans are less likely to meet PA guidelines than other racial/ethnic groups regardless of location of residence. ; Methods ; The New York City (NYC) Community Health Survey (2010, 2012) and Los Angeles County (LAC) Health Survey (2011) are cross-sectional surveys conducted with similar sampling strategies (NYC: n=17,462; LAC: n=8,036). Meeting PA guidelines was calculated using self-reported moderate or vigorous minutes/week; multivariable regression models adjusted for demographics, insurance, nativity and language spoken at home. Data were weighted to be representative of their respective geographies. ; Results ; In both areas, Asian Americans had a low prevalence of meeting PA guidelines (NYC: 42.7 39.2-46.3; LAC: 55.8 51.2-60.2). Other racial/ethnic groups were more likely to meet PA guidelines versus Asian Americans after adjustment for covariates in NYC (white OR: 1.35 1.09-1.68; black OR: 1.61 1.28-2.02; Hispanic OR: 2.14 1.74-2.62) and in LAC (white OR: 1.45 1.13-1.86; Hispanic OR: 1.71 1.32-2.22). ; Conclusions ; Asian Americans were less likely to meet PA guidelines compared to other racial/ethnic groups in NYC and LAC. Description of cultural and neighborhood-level factors and of types of PA in specific Asian subgroups is needed.
• Keywords:
  • exercise
  • Asian Americans
  • health status disparities
  • population surveillance
  • urban health
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Asian
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
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• Source:
  Ann Epidemiol. 25(9):656-660.e2
• Pubmed ID:
  26065343
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4547861
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  U48DP005008/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; U54 MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005008/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR000067/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P60MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005008/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1TR000067/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; P60 MD000538/MD/NIMHD NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  25
• Issue:
  9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/35517/cdc_35517_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 318.87 KB]
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  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:c27b886469ee8e61fc71d6bfc93b56ce133e99007020d4fcaf11ebe50af9c31d