Characteristics and distribution of obesity in the Arab-American population of southeastern Michigan
| Autor: | Firas Almsaddi, Ziad Fehmi, Omar M. Lattouf, Noor Sulieman, Saivaishnavi Kamatham, Michael Salloum, James Naaman, Nabil Rahoui, Nadia Syed, Dana El-Masri, Hanan Y. Rakine, Hanin Elhagehassan, Joseph Trak, Suma Alzouhayli, Seongho Kim, Michele L. Cote, Deema Ujayli, Zaina Khoury, Rouba Ali-Fehmi, Iqra Farooquee, Omar Fehmi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Michigan medicine.medical_specialty Free clinic Population Logistic regression film.subject 03 medical and health sciences Diabetes mellitus 0302 clinical medicine Epidemiology medicine Humans Body mass index (BMI) Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine education Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study 030505 public health Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 medicine.disease United States Arabs Hyperlipidemia film Arab-Americans Hypertension Cohort population characteristics 0305 other medical science business Body mass index Research Article Demography |
| Zdroj: | BMC Public Health, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2020) BMC Public Health |
| ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
| Popis: | Background Arab-Americans constitute ~ 5% of Michigan’s population. Estimates of obesity in Arab-Americans are not up-to-date. We aim to describe the distribution of and factors associated with obesity in an Arab-American population in Southeastern Michigan (SE MI). Methods Retrospective medical record review identified n = 2363 Arab-American patients seeking care at an Arab-American serving clinic in SE MI, located in a city which is home to a large proportion of Arab-Americans in the United States (US). Body mass index (BMI) was the primary outcome of interest. Distribution of BMI was described using percentages, and logistic regression models were constructed to examine the association between obesity, other comorbid conditions and health behaviors. This cohort was compared to Michigan’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data from 2018 (n = 9589) and to a cohort seeking care between 2013 and 2019 from a free clinic (FC) located in another city in SE MI (n = 1033). Results Of the 2363 Arab-American patients, those who were older or with HTN, DM or HLD had a higher prevalence of obesity than patients who were younger or without these comorbidities (all p-value p p p Conclusion Overall obesity rates in Arab-Americans were comparable to the population-based BRFSS rates, and lower than the patients seen at the FC. Further studies are required to understand the impact of obesity and the association of comorbidities in Arab-Americans. |
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