1. Gender differences in acculturation and cardiovascular disease risk-factor changes among Chinese immigrants in Italy: Evidence from a large population-based cohort
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Loira Toncelli, Giorgio Galanti, Pietro Amedeo Modesti, Maria Calabrese, Maria Boddi, Ilaria Marzotti, Alessandra Modesti, and Laura Stefani
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Immigration ,Type 2 diabetes ,Overweight ,Logistic regression ,Health policies ,medicine ,Ethnicity ,Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,Overweight or obesity ,business.industry ,Cardiovascular prevention ,Hypertension ,Migrant ,Anthropometry ,medicine.disease ,Obesity ,Acculturation ,RC666-701 ,Cohort ,Residence ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Demography ,Research Paper - Abstract
Background: In recent decades, the Chinese presence in Southern Europe has grown rapidly but no data is available on the influence that residing in Mediterranean countries has on Chinese immigrants. In this study, we aim to examine the association between acculturation and cardiovascular risk factors among first-generation Chinese immigrants in Italy. Design: Population-based, cross-sectional study. Methods: A sample of 2589 Chinese first-generation immigrants (1599 women and 990 men) living in Prato, Italy, underwent blood pressure measurement, blood tests (with measurement of glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides), and anthropometric measurements. The influence of length of residence (dependent variable) on hypertension, type 2 diabetes, overweight/obesity, and hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol) (independent variables) was investigated with multivariable logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, education and urban/rural home area in China before migration. Results: Mean age of Chinese participants was 47.2 ± 10.7 years and 61.7% were women. Immigrants residing in Italy for ≥20 years were more likely to be hypertensive [odd ratio (OR) 1.84; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.33 to 2.59], or diabetic (1.91; 1.26 to 2.86) than those residing in Italy for
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- 2021