Open AccessIs Greater Acculturation Associated With an Increased Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Latinos in South Florida?
Author(s) -
Aileen Chang,
Sonjia Kenya,
Kumar Ilangovan,
Hua Li,
Tulay KoruSengul,
Yisel Alonzo,
Olveen Carrasquillo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000000337
Subject(s) - acculturation , body mass index , medicine , diabetes mellitus , demography , cross sectional study , population , crfs , gerontology , environmental health , immigration , endocrinology , geography , archaeology , sociology , conditional random field , pathology , natural language processing , computer science
To examine the association of acculturation with various cardiovascular risk factors (CRFs) among Latinos with diabetes in South Florida.