Abstract
Incidence of diabetes among US foreign-born individuals is not well studied. Data were from the Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.
Cox proportional hazards regression was used to examine diabetes risk by race/ethnicity, place of birth, and duration of residence
among foreign-born. Foreign-born Latinos had a higher risk of incident diabetes compared to US-born Latinos (hazard ratio
(HR) 1.79 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.00–3.21]). Latinos born in Mexico (HR, 2.26 [95 % CI, 1.18–4.33]) had higher risk
of incident diabetes compared to US-born Latinos. Foreign-born living in the US ≥20 years had a higher adjusted risk of incident
diabetes compared to those in the US for <20 years (HR, 1.60 [95 % CI, 1.05–2.55]). Incident diabetes may be higher among
foreign-born compared to native born; incident diabetes may also be higher among those immigrants who have lived in the US
for longer periods of time. Future studies should characterize individuals by race/ethnicity and place of birth to account
for differences in biology and time spent in the US.
Cox proportional hazards regression was used to examine diabetes risk by race/ethnicity, place of birth, and duration of residence
among foreign-born. Foreign-born Latinos had a higher risk of incident diabetes compared to US-born Latinos (hazard ratio
(HR) 1.79 [95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.00–3.21]). Latinos born in Mexico (HR, 2.26 [95 % CI, 1.18–4.33]) had higher risk
of incident diabetes compared to US-born Latinos. Foreign-born living in the US ≥20 years had a higher adjusted risk of incident
diabetes compared to those in the US for <20 years (HR, 1.60 [95 % CI, 1.05–2.55]). Incident diabetes may be higher among
foreign-born compared to native born; incident diabetes may also be higher among those immigrants who have lived in the US
for longer periods of time. Future studies should characterize individuals by race/ethnicity and place of birth to account
for differences in biology and time spent in the US.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Category Original Paper
- Pages 1-7
- DOI 10.1007/s10903-012-9683-6
- Authors
- Reena Oza-Frank, Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 700 Children’s Drive, Columbus, OH 43205, USA
- Cheeling Chan, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Kiang Liu, Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA
- Gregory Burke, Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
- Alka M. Kanaya, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Journal Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
- Online ISSN 1557-1920
- Print ISSN 1557-1912