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Acculturation and Insulin Resistance Among US Chinese Immigrant Women

Author(s) -

Marilyn Tseng,

Carolyn Y. Fang

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

ethnicity and disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.767

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1945-0826

pISSN - 1049-510X

DOI - 10.18865/ed.25.4.443

Subject(s) - acculturation , anthropometry , waist , insulin resistance , demography , medicine , longitudinal study , ethnic group , chinese americans , mediation , body mass index , immigration , gerontology , insulin , sociology , geography , archaeology , pathology , anthropology , social science

Chinese immigrants in the United States undergo a transition to increased chronic disease risk commonly attributed to acculturative changes. Longitudinal data to confirm this are lacking. We examined acculturation in relation to insulin resistance in a sample of Chinese immigrant women to determine differences by level of education and possible mediation by anthropometry and diet.

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