The association of religiosity with overweight/obese body mass index among Asian Indian immigrants in California
| Autor: | Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, William J. McCarthy, Martin F. Shapiro, Hozefa A. Divan, Mitchell D. Wong, Nazleen Bharmal, Robert M. Kaplan, Carol M. Mangione |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male Gerontology Adolescent Epidemiology India Emigrants and Immigrants Overweight Logistic regression Islam California Body Mass Index Odds Religiosity Young Adult Asian Indian Risk Factors Clinical Research Humans Medicine Spirituality Obesity Nutrition Cancer business.industry Prevention Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Human Movement and Sports Sciences Middle Aged medicine.disease Acculturation Hinduism Stroke Logistic Models Cross-Sectional Studies Public Health and Health Services Female Public Health medicine.symptom business Body mass index Curriculum and Pedagogy Demography |
| Zdroj: | Bharmal, N; M. Kaplan, R; Shapiro, MF; Kagawa-Singer, M; Wong, MD; Mangione, CM; et al.(2013). The association of religiosity with overweight/obese body mass index among Asian Indian immigrants in California. Preventive Medicine, 57(4), 315-321. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.003. UCLA: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/77z9w8c5 Preventive medicine, vol 57, iss 4 |
| ISSN: | 0091-7435 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.06.003 |
| Popis: | Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the association between religiosity and overweight or obese body mass index among a multi-religious group of Asian Indian immigrants residing in California. Methods: We examined cross-sectional survey data obtained from in-language telephone interviews with 3228 mostly immigrant Asian Indians in the 2004 California Asian Indian Tobacco Survey using multivariate logistic regression. Results: High self-identified religiosity was significantly associated with higher BMI after adjusting for socio-demographic and acculturation measures. Highly religious Asian Indians had 1.53 greater odds (95% CI: 1.18, 2.00) of being overweight or obese than low religiosity immigrants, though this varied by religious affiliation. Religiosity was associated with greater odds of being overweight/obese for Hindus (OR 1.54; 95% CI: 1.08, 2.22) and Sikhs (OR 1.88; 95% CI: 1.07, 3.30), but not for Muslims (OR 0.69; 95% CI: 0.28, 1.70). Conclusions: Religiosity in Hindus and Sikhs, but not immigrant Muslims, appears to be independently associated with greater body mass index among Asian Indians. If this finding is confirmed, future research should identify potentially mutable mechanisms by which religion-specific religiosity affects overweight/obesity risk. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. |
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