TY - JOUR
T1 - Immigration disparities in cardiovascular disease risk factor awareness
AU - Langellier, Brent A.
AU - Garza, Jeremiah R.
AU - Glik, Deborah
AU - Prelip, Michael L.
AU - Brookmeyer, Ron
AU - Roberts, Christian K.
AU - Peters, Anne
AU - Ortega, Alexander N.
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This study was funded by grant number 1-P50 HL105188-01 of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - The association between immigration status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor awareness is unknown. Using physical examination-based data and participants' self-report of prior diagnosis, we assessed immigration-based disparities in awareness of diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and overweight among 12,124 participants in the 2003-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Unawareness of CVD risk factors is high among all groups, but tends to be higher among foreign-born English and non-English speaking participants than among US-born participants. After adjusting for demographic factors and access to health care, foreign-born participants appear more likely to be unaware of their hypertension and overweight than US-born participants. Immigrants are more likely than those born in the US to be unaware of their CVD risk factors, and therefore may be less motivated to seek treatment and modify their behavior to prevent negative CVD outcomes.
AB - The association between immigration status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor awareness is unknown. Using physical examination-based data and participants' self-report of prior diagnosis, we assessed immigration-based disparities in awareness of diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and overweight among 12,124 participants in the 2003-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Unawareness of CVD risk factors is high among all groups, but tends to be higher among foreign-born English and non-English speaking participants than among US-born participants. After adjusting for demographic factors and access to health care, foreign-born participants appear more likely to be unaware of their hypertension and overweight than US-born participants. Immigrants are more likely than those born in the US to be unaware of their CVD risk factors, and therefore may be less motivated to seek treatment and modify their behavior to prevent negative CVD outcomes.
KW - Cardiovascular diseases
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Hypertension
KW - Obesity
KW - Risk factors
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U2 - 10.1007/s10903-011-9566-2
DO - 10.1007/s10903-011-9566-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 22210443
AN - SCOPUS:84871993735
SN - 1557-1912
VL - 14
SP - 918
EP - 925
JO - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
JF - Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
IS - 6
ER -