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" Dietary and acculutration factors influencing metabolic syndrome among South Asian Americans in two community health centers in Maryland "
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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802671
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TL47841
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1561147455; 3628758
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Lutfi, Yuska
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Dietary and acculutration factors influencing metabolic syndrome among South Asian Americans in two community health centers in Maryland
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\ Saira Khan
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Jackson, Robert
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University of Maryland, College Park
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2014
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Ph.D.
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2014
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Nutrition
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191
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Committee members: Mehta, Mira; Momen, Brahmen; Sahyoun, Nadine; Whitehead, Tony
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-05167-4
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| Abstract
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South Asian's (SA) have been observed to have higher insulin resistance followed by an altered state of metabolism; however, few studies have attempted to explore the acculturation process and dietary practices of immigrant SA's in the U.S. 1401 South Asian Americans living in Maryland from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Iran, and Afghanistan were selected from two community health clinics to determine the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) in this study group and its indicators. The prevalence of MetS (51%) in adults was higher than African Americans, European Americans, and Mexican Americans. Overall, Indians had the highest percent of MetS 54% compared to Bengali 51%, Pakistani 49%, or Other SA 44%. The results suggest the high prevalence of MetS among SA may be due to a lack of acculturation in this survey group where 80% were classified as Asian low acculturated. Results from a logistic regression analysis showed that the likelihood of developing MetS was high, but future investigations are needed to confirm the role of acculturation from a more representative sample of SA's.
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Asian American Studies; Public Health Education; Nutrition; South Asian Studies; Epidemiology
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Social sciences;Health and environmental sciences;Cardiovascular disease;Chronic disease;Community health centers;Metabolic syndrome;Nutritional epidemiology;South asian americans
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Jackson, Robert
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University of Maryland, College Park
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Nutrition
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