ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2016
High Rates of Diabetes Mellitus, Pre-diabetes and Obesity Among Somali Immigrants and Refugees in Minnesota: A Retrospective Chart Review.
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- Obesity in Refugees post-resettlement in a high-income country: a meta-analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Pooled it
- The Cardiometabolic Health of African Immigrants in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Diabetes Mellitus Management Among Patients with Limited English Proficiency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2018Pooled it
- New Checkbox, Now What? A Scoping Review to Guide Health Research among Middle Eastern and North African Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The Relationship Between Dietary Behaviors and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among West African Immigrants in Chicago,IL.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Experiences of Healthcare Engagement from Somali Migrants Living with Type 2 Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases in Victoria, Australia.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Factors Influencing the Acceptance or Rejection of Dietary and Body Norm Systems Favorable to the Prevention and Control of Type 2 Diabetes Among Sub-Saharan Africa migrants: A Scoping Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Immigrant Perspectives of Social Connection in a Nontraditional Migration Area.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Nocturnal Hemodynamics in Somali Americans: Implications for Cardiovascular Risk.American journal of nephrology · 2024Article
- The pattern of dyslipidemia among Somali type 2 diabetic patients: a cross-sectional study.European journal of medical research · 2022Article
- Higher Rates of Cesarean Sections Found in Somali Immigrant Women in Minnesota.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Review
- The Immigrant Memory Collaborative: A Community-University Partnership to Assess African Immigrant Families' Experiences with Dementia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Epidemiology of cardiovascular disease and its risk factors among refugees and asylum seekers: Systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of cardiology. Cardiovascular risk and prevention · 2022Article
- Longer Residence in the United States is Associated With More Physical Function Limitations in African Immigrant Older Adults.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Article
- Non-communicable diseases risk factors among the forcefully displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
- Long-Term Physical Health Outcomes of Resettled Refugee Populations in the United States: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors Among Somali Immigrants and Refugees.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
- Closing the Gap: Participatory Formative Evaluation to Reduce Cancer Screening Disparities among Patients with Limited English Proficiency.Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education · 2021Review
- Frequency of sleep-disordered breathing in a referral population of Somali-Americans.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2020Article
- Social networks and obesity among Somali immigrants and refugees.BMC public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
We examined the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among Somali refugees at a midwestern hospital in the U.S. This was a retrospective cohort study of 1007 adult Somali patients and an age and frequency-matched cohort of non-Somali patients actively empanelled to a large, academic primary care practice network in the Midwest United States between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012. Cardiovascular risk factors were obtained by chart review and compared between the two cohorts using a Chi squared test. Median age was 35 years (Q1, Q3; 27, 50). The prevalence of diabetes was significantly higher among Somali versus non-Somali patients (12.1 vs 5.3 %; p = 0.0001), as was prediabetes (21.3 vs 17.2 %; p < 0.02) and obesity (34.6 vs 32.1 %; p = 0.047). After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, education and employment, among the Somali patients, the odds ratio (95 % confidence interval) for diabetes was 2.78 (1.76-4.40) and 1.57 (1.16-2.13) for pre-diabetes. There was a significantly higher prevalence of diabetes, pre-diabetes and obesity among Somali patients compared with non-Somali patients. Further research into the specific causes of these disparities and development of targeted effective and sustainable interventions to address them is needed.
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