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Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes in a South Asian Population

Authors: Pooja A. Lagisetty, Ming Wen, Hwajung Choi, Michele Heisler, Alka M. Kanaya, Namratha R. Kandula

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 6/2016

Abstract

South Asians have a high burden of cardiovascular disease compared to other racial/ethnic groups in the United States. Little has been done to evaluate how neighborhood environments may influence cardiovascular risk factors including hypertension and type 2 diabetes in this immigrant population. We evaluated the association of perceived neighborhood social cohesion with hypertension and type 2 diabetes among 906 South Asian adults who participated in the Mediators of Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Study. Multivariable logistic regression adjusted for demographic, socioeconomic, psychosocial, and physiologic covariates. Subgroup analyses examined whether associations differed by gender. South Asian women living in neighborhoods with high social cohesion had 46 % reduced odds of having hypertension than those living in neighborhoods with low social cohesion (OR 0.54, 95 % CI 0.30–0.99). Future research should determine if leveraging neighborhood social cohesion prevents hypertension in South Asian women.

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Title: Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Prevalence of Hypertension and Diabetes in a South Asian Population
Authors: Pooja A. Lagisetty
Ming Wen
Hwajung Choi
Michele Heisler
Alka M. Kanaya
Namratha R. Kandula
Publication date: 01-12-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 6/2016
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-015-0308-8

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