ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2016
A Health Profile of Arab Americans in Michigan: A Novel Approach to Using a Hospital Administrative Database.
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- Cardiovascular disease in Arab Americans: A literature review of prevalence, risk factors, and directions for future research.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2024Review
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- Mortality and Hospital Readmission Rates for Heart Failure Among Patients of Middle Eastern Ancestry Compared to Non-Middle Eastern Whites in Southeast Michigan.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- The Disproportionate Burden of COVID-19 Cases among Arab Americans.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2023Article
- A Snapshot of Social Risk Factors and Associations with Health Outcomes in a Community Sample of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) People in the U.S.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Differences in Health Characteristics of Geographic Subgroups of Arab Americans in a Northern California Health Plan.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Article
- Lack of Arab or Middle Eastern and North African Health Data Undermines Assessment of Health Disparities.American journal of public health · 2022Article
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- Understanding differences within ethnic group designation: comparing risk factors and health indicators between Iranian and Arab Americans in Northern California.BMC public health · 2021Article
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- Racial and Citizenship Disparities in Health Care Among Middle Eastern Americans.Medical care · 2020Article
- Health Equity During COVID-19: the Case of Arab Americans.American journal of preventive medicine · 2020Article
- Partnering with Middle Eastern/Arab American and Latino Immigrant Communities to Increase Participation in Alzheimer's Disease Research.Ethnicity & disease · 2020Article
- Relevance of the "Immigrant Health Paradox" for the Health of Arab Americans in California.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Differences in health behaviors and health outcomes among non-Hispanic Whites and Arab Americans in a population-based survey in California.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Socioeconomic Status and the Physical and Mental Health of Arab and Chaldean Americans in Michigan.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2019Article
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Abstract
The objectives of this study were to estimate and compare the prevalence of heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, Alzheimer's, diabetes, nephrosis, flu/pneumonia, hypertension, and atherosclerosis between Arab Americans and whites attending a large, metropolitan hospital system. The sample included 68,047 patients, 18 years of age or older, who visited the hospital during 2012. Demographic and disease variables were electronically abstracted. Demographic characteristics were compared between Arab Americans and whites using Chi square tests. Sex specific, age-adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) and 95 % confidence intervals were estimated for these two groups using a log-binomial regression model. Compared to white men, Arab American men had a higher prevalence of diabetes (PR 1.40, 95 % CI 1.29-1.52) and hypertension (PR 1.07, 95 % CI 1.04-1.10), and a lower prevalence of chronic lower respiratory disease (PR 0.74, 95 % CI 0.66-0.83). Compared to white women, Arab American women had a higher prevalence of chronic lower respiratory disease (PR 1.12, 95 % CI 1.01-1.25), diabetes (PR 1.49, 95 % CI 1.38-1.60), influenza/pneumonia (PR 1.26, 95 % CI 1.05-1.51) and hypertension (PR 1.04, 95 % CI 1.01-1.08). This study supports previous findings that health disparities exist for Arab Americans, who are classified as "white" in health statistics. Standard inclusion of Arab American as a separate ethnicity category will aid researchers in assessing the health care needs of this growing minority community.
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