Disease Burdens and Risk Factors for Diabetes, Hypertension, and Hyperlipidemia among Refugees in Buffalo, New York, 2004-2014.

CONCLUSIONS: Refugees had comparable burden of non-communicable diseases, but a greaterleast once during the study period proportion of refugees than of the U.S. population had uncontrolled conditions. Duration of follow-up, obesity, tobacco use, gender, age, and region of origin were risk factors for diagnosis. Culturally-tailored chronic disease management strategies are needed. PMID: 31422992 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31422992?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - August 20, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Mulugeta W, Xue H, Glick M, Min J, Noe MF, Wang Y Tags: J Health Care Poor Underserved Source Type: research