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ArticlePreventive medicine reports2019

The association between baseline acculturation level and 5-year change in adiposity among Puerto Ricans living on the mainland United States.

Kelsey A Vercammen, Amanda C McClain, Katherine L Tucker, Luis M Falcón, Josiemer Mattei

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Article in Preventive medicine reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kelsey A VercammenDepartment of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Amanda C McClainDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Katherine L TuckerDepartment of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA.
Luis M FalcónCollege of Fine Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA, USA.
Josiemer MatteiDepartment of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Harvard University · USUniversity of Massachusetts Lowell · US

Funding

STATISTICSP50HL105185 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL · PI TUCKER, KATHERINE L · 2010 to 2015
$10.4M
Center for Research/Nutrition &Health among the ElderlyP01AG023394 · NIA · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI TUCKER, KATHERINE L · 2003 to 2007
$8.1M
New York Regional Center for Diabetes Translation Research - Translational Intervention Methodology CoreP30DK111022 · NIDDK · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI JEFFREY GONZALEZ · 2016 to 2026
$7.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P50 HL105185NIA NIH HHS P01 AG023394NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK111022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While it is recognized that acculturation influences adiposity risk, the direction and magnitude of this relationship remain unclear. Previous studies' use of proxy acculturation measures and exclusively cross-sectional study designs have limited understanding of this research question. The aim of this study was to examine associations between acculturation and adiposity among Puerto Ricans (45-75 years) living on the mainland United States. We analyzed data from the longitudinal (baseline, 2-year, 5-year) Boston Puerto Rican Health Study (n = 1114). Language-based and psychological-based acculturations were assessed at baseline using questionnaires. Acculturation scores were divided into tertile categories; higher tertiles indicate greater English- and U.S.-based acculturation. Adiposity was assessed using BMI and waist circumference at baseline and each follow-up. Linear mixed effects regression models were fit with baseline acculturation tertile as the predictor and baseline or change in adiposity as the outcome. When examining baseline associations with language acculturation tertiles, participants in the middle acculturation tertile (bilingual) had 2.48 cm (95%CI: -4.64, -0.31) lower waist circumference compared to the more Spanish-based acculturation tertile. When examining the associations between baseline language acculturation tertiles and change in adiposity, those in the more English-based acculturation tertile had higher annual gains in BMI (0.13 kg/m

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AcculturationHispanics/LatinosMinority healthObesityPuerto Ricans

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