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Immigration, acculturation, and diabetes: A comparative study of diabetes prevalence among Asian Indian immigrants living in the United States and native-born populations in India and the United States.

Emma Nichols, Hunter Green, Haomiao Jin, David Flood, Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, M Maria Glymour, Namratha R Kandula, Alka M Kanaya, Jinkook Lee

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Emma NicholsCenter for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, VPD, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Hunter GreenCenter for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, VPD, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.
Haomiao JinSchool of Health Sciences, University of Surrey, 30 Priestley Rd, Guildford, GU2 7YH, UK.
David FloodDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, 3110, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Elizabeth Rose MayedaDepartment of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health, 650 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
M Maria GlymourDepartment of Epidemiology, Boston University, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Namratha R KandulaDepartment of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 E. Superior St. Chicago, IL, 60611, USA.
Alka M KanayaDepartment of Medicine, University of California, 533 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA.
Jinkook LeeCenter for Economic and Social Research, University of Southern California, 635 Downey Way, VPD, Los Angeles, CA, 90089, USA.

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UCSF CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTEUL1RR024131 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI JOHNSTON, S. CLAIBORNE · 2006 to 2011
$111.2M
Translational Research Core - Health Engagement & Action Translational (HEAT)P30DK092924 · NIDDK · KAISER FOUNDATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Alyce Sophia Adams, HILARY Kessler SELIGMAN · 2011 to 2026
$9.2M
Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in AmericaR01HL093009 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI KANAYA, ALKA M. · 2010 to 2018
$5.4M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024131NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL093009NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK092924
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Abstract

Despite evidence that Indian immigrants in high-income countries have higher diabetes risk, few studies have directly compared Indian immigrants to both Indians in India and the general population. We compared diabetes prevalence in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America (MASALA) study (Indian immigrants) (N = 686), the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) (Indians in India) (N = 40,496), and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) (general US population) (N = 7643), accounting for selective immigration using propensity score matching. We used generalized regression models to assess associations between diabetes and acculturation in MASALA and compare correlates of diabetes across studies. After matching, Indians in India had a higher prevalence of diabetes (37.9 % [35.4-40.5]) than Indian immigrants in the US (26.7 % [23.5-30.1]) and the general US population (19.6 % [17.6-21.8]). Higher acculturation was associated with a lower diabetes prevalence (prevalence ratio [PR]: 0.68 [0.45-1.04],

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