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ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2021

Associations of Neighborhood Factors and Activity Behaviors: The Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study.

Stella S Yi, Alka M Kanaya, Ming Wen, Rienna Russo, Namratha Kandula

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Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Everyday Discrimination and Its Predictors in the MASALA Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026
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  5. Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk among South Asian Americans.Current cardiovascular risk reports · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stella S YiDepartment of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA. stella.yi@nyulangone.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9943-2609
Alka M KanayaDepartments of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Ming WenDepartment of Sociology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Rienna RussoDepartment of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Namratha KandulaDivision of General Internal Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
New York University · USNorthwestern University · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

UCSF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024131 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSTON, S. CLAIBORNE · 2006 to 2011
$111.2M
Scaling Community-Clinical Linkage Models to Address Diabetes and Hypertension Disparities in the Southeastern U.S.U54MD000538 · NIMHD · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI TRINH-SHEVRIN, CHAU · 2017 to 2022
$11.3M
Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in AmericaR01HL093009 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M. · 2010 to 2018
$5.4M
Assessment of Policies through Prediction of Long-term Effects on Cardiovascular Disease Using Simulation (APPLE CDS)R01HL141427 · NHLBI · NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE · PI LIU, BIAN, YI, STELLA S · 2018 to 2021
$3.5M
Ectopic fat and atherosclerosis in South AsiansK24HL112827 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M. · 2013 to 2022
$1.2M
Implementing a Participatory, Multi-level Intervention to Improve Asian American HealthU56DE027447 · NIDCR · NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI METCALF, SARA, NORTHRIDGE, MARY EVELYN · 2017 to 2017
$332k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 RR024131NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024131NHLBI NIH HHS 5R01HL093009NHLBI NIH HHS K24 HL112827NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093009NHLBI NIH HHS R01HL141427-01A1NIDCR NIH HHS U56DE027447-01NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD000538NIMHD NIH HHS U54MD000538-15
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social and built environments may influence physical activity (PA). However, evidence for South Asian Americans (SAA), a group with low PA levels and high cardiometabolic risk, is lacking. We assessed the association between five neighborhood factors and PA behaviors in a community-based cohort of SAA. Data were from the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) Study 2010-2013 (n = 906). Adjusted multivariable models stratified by sex regressing PA behaviors on neighborhood factors were run. Higher neighborhood social cohesion was associated with 17% more PA MET minutes/week in men (p < 0.01), but not in women. Having a park/playground near home was associated with meeting PA guidelines (odds ratio (95% CI): men: 3.14 (1.20-8.24); women: 3.67 (1.17-11.52). Neighborhood factors were associated with favorable PA behaviors in SAA. PA interventions for SAA that increase neighborhood social cohesion or focus on linking individuals with local resources may be effective.

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AtherosclerosisResidence CharacteristicsAsianCross-Sectional StudiesExerciseFemaleHumansMaleUnited StatesAsian/pacific islanderCommunity healthEnvironmentHealth behaviorHealth disparitiesNeighborhoodPa/exerciseSocial determinants

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PMID32418001
PMCPMC8764702
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