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JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 47-55Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s10903-018-0708-7
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Obesity; Diabetes; Black; Immigrant; Duration of residence
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Research is limited on the health of foreign-born Blacks (FBBs), who are often grouped with African Americans. This study compared obesity and diabetes odds in FBBs and US-born Blacks (USBBs) in NYC. Analyzing the 2009-2013 NYC Community Health Survey (3701 FBBs and 6297 USBBs), weighted multivariate logistic regression examined odds of obesity and diabetes, adjusting for age, gender, education, income, marital status, children <18, BMI (for diabetes only) and duration of residence. FBBs had lower odds of obesity [OR0.62 (95% CI 0.54, 0.72)] and greater odds of diabetes [OR1.24 (95% CI 1.01, 1.52)] compared to USBBs. FBBs had 1.4 times the odds of diabetes at overweight status, compared to USBBs [OR1.40 (95% CI 1.01, 1.95)]. Living in the US10years was not associated with odds of obesity and diabetes. Future research should seek to uncover unique risk profiles of sub-ethnic groups in the African diaspora.
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