ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Stress Measured by Allostatic Load Varies by Reason for Immigration, Age at Immigration, and Number of Children: The Africans in America Study.
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- Need for Culturally Competent and Responsive Cancer Education for African Immigrant Families and Youth Living in the United States.JMIR cancer · 2024Article
- An Overview of Body Size Preference, Perception and Dissatisfaction in Sub-Saharan Africans Living in the United States.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2024Article
- Fructosamine is Not a Reliable Test for the Detection of Hyperglycemia: Insight from the Africans in America Study.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2023Article
- Allostatic Load, Single, and Dual Chronic Conditions: Evidence from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Metabolic syndrome and related disorders · 2022Article
- Sleep and Economic Status Are Linked to Daily Life Stress in African-Born Blacks Living in America.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Non-invasive type 2 diabetes risk scores do not identify diabetes when the cause is β-cell failure: The Africans in America study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Beta-cell failure rather than insulin resistance is the major cause of abnormal glucose tolerance in Africans: insight from the Africans in America study.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2021Observational
- Africans Who Arrive in the United States before 20 Years of Age Maintain Both Cardiometabolic Health and Cultural Identity: Insight from the Africans in America Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Support and Emotional Well-Being of Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Spain.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Stress leads to physiologic dysfunction and cardiometabolic disease. Allostatic load score (ALS) measures stress-induced cardiovascular, metabolic, and inflammatory biomarkers. We estimated the odds of high ALS by reason for and age at immigration, duration of American residence, number of children, and socioeconomic status in 193 African immigrants (male: 65%, age 41 ± 10 y (mean ± Standard Deviation (SD)), range 22-65 y). ALS was calculated with High-ALS defined as ALS ≥ 3.0 and Low-ALS defined as ALS < 3.0. Oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) were performed, the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk estimated, and TNF-α, an inflammatory cytokine, measured. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds of High-ALS. In the High- and Low-ALS groups, ALS were 4.0 ± 1.2 vs. 1.3 ± 0.7, diabetes prevalence: 14% vs. 4%, CVD risk: 23% vs. 8%, TNF-α levels: 15 ± 9 vs. 11 ± 6 pg/mL, respectively (all
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