ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2015
Correlates of prediabetes and type II diabetes in US South Asians: findings from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study.
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- Interventions to lower cardiovascular disease risk factors among Asian Indian immigrants: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Adherence to the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet and Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- South Asians and cardiometabolic health: A framework for comprehensive care for the individual, community, and population - An American society for preventive cardiology clinical practice statement.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
- Predictors of weight and waist gain in US South Asians: Findings from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study.Obesity pillars · 2024Article
- Prediabetes Prevalence by Adverse Social Determinants of Health in Adolescents.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Predictors of weight and waist gain in US South Asians: Findings from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study.Research square · 2024Article
- Using co-design to identify intervention components to address unhealthy dietary and activity behaviours in New Zealand South Asians.Journal of nutritional science · 2024Article
- Diabetes in South Asians: Uncovering Novel Risk Factors With Longitudinal Epidemiologic Data: Kelly West Award Lecture 2023.Diabetes care · 2024Review
- The impact of the Sri Lankan economic crisis on medication adherence: An online cross-sectional survey.Dialogues in health · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeIn this study, we aim to elucidate the role of sociodemographic, lifestyle, and cultural factors in prediabetes and diabetes in South Asian immigrants to the United States, a population at high risk of type II diabetes.
methodsWe performed a cross-sectional analysis of a community-based cohort of 899 South Asians without known cardiovascular disease from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America study. Glycemic status was determined by fasting glucose, 2-hour postchallenge glucose, and use of diabetes medication. We used multinomial logistic regression models to estimate the independent associations of sociodemographic, lifestyle, and cultural factors with prediabetes and diabetes, adjusting for confounders identified using directed acyclic graphs.
resultsApproximately 33% of participants had prediabetes and 25% had diabetes. In multivariate analyses, an independent correlate of prediabetes was low exercise. Additional covariates associated with diabetes included lower family income, less education, high chronic psychological burden score, and greater time spent watching television; and fasting monthly or annually was inversely associated with diabetes prevalence.
conclusionsWe found several modifiable risk factors associated with prediabetes and diabetes that may help guide diabetes prevention interventions for South Asian immigrants to the United States.
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