Immigration and Acculturation in Relation to Health and Health-Related Risk Factors Among Specific Asian Subgroups in a Health Maintenance Organization

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dc.contributor.authorGomez, Scarlett L
dc.contributor.authorKelsey, Jennifer L
dc.contributor.authorGlaser, Sally L
dc.contributor.authorLee, Marion M
dc.contributor.authorSidney, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:33Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:33Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractObjectives. We sought to determine how risk factors for disease vary among Asian subgroups. Methods. Using data from a case-control study conducted at Northern California Kaiser Medical Centers (from 1996 to 2001), we compared prevalence of selected risk factors among Asian subgroups and evaluated the associations of these risk factors with sociodemographics factors. Results. Chinese and Japanese patients had a lower body mass index (kg/m2) than did other Asians. In all subgroups, being born in the United States was associated with having a body mass index greater than 25 kg/m2. Compared with other Asians, more Japanese and multiple-race Asians, smoked, and more Filipino and multiple-race Asian smokers started smoking at 18 years or younger. Filipinos and multiple-race Asians also were more likely to report diabetes. Conclusions. These data support the importance of efforts to distinguish among Asian subgroups in public health practice and research.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.94.11.1977
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/nmur-tjhl
dc.identifier.citationGomez, Scarlett L and Kelsey, Jennifer L and Glaser, Sally L and Lee, Marion M and Sidney, Stephen (2004) Immigration and Acculturation in Relation to Health and Health-Related Risk Factors Among Specific Asian Subgroups in a Health Maintenance Organization. American Journal of Public Health, 94 (11). pp. 1977-1984.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 511
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22598
dc.subjectDiabetes
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectSmoking & Tobacco Use
dc.subjectPractice
dc.subjectservice
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectimmigration
dc.subjectacculturation
dc.subjecthealth
dc.subjectAsian subgroups
dc.subjectAsians
dc.subjectHealth Maintenance Organization
dc.subjectHMO
dc.titleImmigration and Acculturation in Relation to Health and Health-Related Risk Factors Among Specific Asian Subgroups in a Health Maintenance Organization
dc.typeArticle

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