ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
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.
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- African immigrants with type 2 diabetes present with three physiologic subtypes: implications for screening, diagnosis and treatment.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2026Article
- Physical activity and cardiovascular disease among African-born people living in the US: a scoping review.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Sub-Saharan African Immigrants Living in the United States Maintain Healthy Diets Despite Dietary Acculturation: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular disease in Arab Americans: A literature review of prevalence, risk factors, and directions for future research.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2024Review
- 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
- The Africans in America study demonstrates that subclinical cardiovascular risk differs by etiology of abnormal glucose tolerance.Scientific reports · 2022Observational
- Self-Care of African Immigrant Adults with Chronic Illness.Clinical nursing research · 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
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Abstract
The overall consensus is that foreign-born adults who come to America age < 20 y achieve economic success but develop adverse behaviors (smoking and drinking) that lead to worse cardiometabolic health than immigrants who arrive age ≥ 20 y. Whether age of immigration affects the health of African-born Blacks living in America is unknown. Our goals were to examine cultural identity, behavior, and socioeconomic factors and determine if differences exist in the cardiometabolic health of Africans who immigrated to America before and after age 20 y. Of the 482 enrollees (age: 38 ± 1 (mean ± SE), range: 20-65 y) in the Africans in America cohort, 23% (111/482) arrived age < 20 y, and 77% (371/482) arrived age ≥ 20 y. Independent of francophone status or African region of origin, Africans who immigrated age < 20 y had similar or better cardiometabolic health than Africans who immigrated age ≥ 20 y. The majority of Africans who immigrated age < 20 y identified as African, had African-born spouses, exercised, did not adopt adverse health behaviors, and actualized early life migration advantages, such as an American university education. Due to maintenance of cultural identity and actualization of opportunities in America, cardiometabolic health may be protected in Africans who immigrate before age 20. In short, immigrant health research must be cognizant of the diversity within the foreign-born community and age of immigration.
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