1. Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and High Blood Pressure Amongst Recently Arrived Sudanese Refugees in Queensland, Australia.
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Renzaho, A., Bilal, P., and Marks, G.
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REFUGEES ,AGE distribution ,CONFIDENCE intervals ,DIABETES ,EPIDEMIOLOGY ,HYPERTENSION ,OBESITY ,SCALE analysis (Psychology) ,SELF-evaluation ,DATA analysis ,DATA analysis software ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
The study assessed the prevalence of obesity and related conditions among Sudanese adult migrants living in Brisbane, Australia. Data were obtained on 314 Sudanese immigrants aged 18-70 years. Measured body mass index (BMI) and self-reported diabetes and hypertension were obtained. More than half (51 %) of participants were overweight or obese, 6.4 % reported having type 2 diabetes while 12.4 % had hypertension. The full adjusted regression model explained 28.1 % of the variance in BMI. Odds of reporting type 2 diabetes increased with age, BMI and were greater among participants rating health as poor/fair than those rating as good/very good/excellent. Odds of high blood pressure increased with age, BMI, and were higher among participants rating health as poor/fair than those as good/very good/excellent. Health promotion programs to prevent weight gain in this subpopulation will significantly reduce inequalities related to type 2 diabetes and improve cardio-vascular outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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