Foreign-Born Blacks Experience Lower Odds of Obesity but Higher Odds of Diabetes than US-Born Blacks in New York City

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Margrethe F Horlyck-RomanovskyTerry T-K Huang

Abstract

Research is limited on the health of foreign-born Blacks (FBBs), who are often grouped with African Americans. This study compared obesity and diabetes odds in FBBs and US-born Blacks (USBBs) in NYC. Analyzing the 2009-2013 NYC Community Health Survey (3701 FBBs and 6297 USBBs), weighted multivariate logistic regression examined odds of obesity and diabetes, adjusting for age, gender, education, income, marital status, children < 18, BMI (for diabetes only) and duration of residence. FBBs had lower odds of obesity [OR  0.62 (95% CI 0.54, 0.72)] and greater odds of diabetes [OR 1.24 (95% CI 1.01, 1.52)] compared to USBBs. FBBs had 1.4 times the odds of diabetes at overweight status, compared to USBBs [OR  1.40 (95% CI 1.01, 1.95)]. Living in the US ≥ 10 years was not associated with odds of obesity and diabetes. Future research should seek to uncover unique risk profiles of sub-ethnic groups in the African diaspora.

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Citations

Feb 7, 2019·Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities·Margrethe F Horlyck-RomanovskyTerry T-K Huang
Oct 22, 2019·Frontiers in Endocrinology·Regine MugeniMargrethe F Horlyck-Romanovsky
Jul 8, 2020·Maternal and Child Health Journal·Sarah E MessiahRuby A Natale
Feb 11, 2021·American Journal of Human Biology : the Official Journal of the Human Biology Council·Myungjin JungMinsoo Kang

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