Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors as Contributors to Racial Disparities in Diabetes Prevalence

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dc.contributor.authorLaVeist, Thomas A.
dc.contributor.authorThorpe, Roland J.
dc.contributor.authorGalarraga, Jessica E.
dc.contributor.authorBower, Kelly M.
dc.contributor.authorGary-Webb, Tiffany L.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:03:39Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:03:39Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND We deployed a study design that attempts to account for racial differences in socioeconomic and environmental risk exposures to determine if the diabetes race disparity reported in national data is similar when black and white Americans live under similar social conditions. DESIGN & METHODS We compared data from the 2003 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) with the Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities-Southwest Baltimore (EHDIC-SWB) Study, which was conducted in a racially-integrated urban community without race differences in socioeconomic status. RESULTS In the NHIS, African Americans had greater adjusted odds of having diabetes compared to whites (OR: 1.61, 95% CI: 1.26−2.04); whereas, in EHDIC-SWB white and African Americans had similar odds of having diabetes (OR: 1.07, 95% CI: 0.71−1.58). Diabetes prevalence for African Americans was similar in NHIS and EHDIC-SWB (10.4%, 95%CI: 9.5−11.4 and 10.5%, 95%CI: 8.5−12.5, respectively). Diabetes prevalence among whites differed for NHIS (6.6%, 95%CI: 6.2−6.9%) and EHDIC-SWB (10.1%, 95%CI: 7.6−12.5%). CONCLUSIONS Race disparities in diabetes may stem from differences in the health risk environments that African Americans and whites live. When African Americans and whites live in similar risk environments, their health outcomes are more similar.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-009-1085-7
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/7mul-it4n
dc.identifier.citationLaVeist, Thomas A. and Thorpe, Roland J. and Galarraga, Jessica E. and Bower, Kelly M. and Gary-Webb, Tiffany L. (2009) Environmental and Socio-Economic Factors as Contributors to Racial Disparities in Diabetes Prevalence. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24 (10). pp. 1144-1148.
dc.identifier.issn0884-8734
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2875
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23514
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectDiabetes
dc.subjectdiabetes - health disparities - residential segregation
dc.titleEnvironmental and Socio-Economic Factors as Contributors to Racial Disparities in Diabetes Prevalence
dc.typeArticle

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