ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2018
Sex Differences and Predictors of Changes in Body Weight and Noncommunicable Diseases in a Random, Newly-Arrived Group of Refugees Followed for Two Years.
Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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
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- Sociodemographic and Mental Health Factors Associated with Obesity in Resettled Refugees in Syracuse, New York.Ethnicity & disease · 2024Article
- The relationship between employment and health for people from refugee and asylum-seeking backgrounds: A systematic review of quantitative studies.SSM - population health · 2022Review
- Body mass index and associated factors among refugees living in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany: a cross-sectional study.BMC nutrition · 2021Article
- Long-Term Physical Health Outcomes of Resettled Refugee Populations in the United States: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2021Article
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- Cardiovascular diseases risk factors among recently arrived Eritrean refugees in Switzerland.BMC research notes · 2019Article
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- Erratum issued
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
We have reported that none of the psychological/mental variables examined predicted the increase in BMI and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Iraqi refugees after 1 year resettlement in Michigan. We continuously followed the same cohort of refugees for 2 years (Y2 FU) to further determine the gender difference in predicting of increased BMI and NCDs. Only 20% of the BMI variability could be accounted for by the factors examined. Number of dependent children and depression were positively and stress negatively associated with BMI in male refugees but not in females. Number of dependent children was negatively associated with changes in BMI and in males only. Two-third of the NCD variability was accounted for by gender, BMI, employment status, depression, posttraumatic stress disorders and coping skills. Unmarried, unemployed and with high PTSD scores at Y2 in males were positively and number of dependent children was negatively associated with NCD changes in females. Factors such as dietary patterns and lifestyle may have contributed to the increased BMI and NCDs in these refugees at 2 years post-settlement.
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