title: Hyperglycemia and type 2 diabetes among Filipino women in the Philippines, Hawaii, and San Diego.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diabetes risk increases as immigrant populations adopt western lifestyles. We compared the prevalence of fasting hyperglycemia among Filipino women aged 40-79 years in the Philippines, Hawaii, and San Diego.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were obtained from the (1) Philippine National Nutrition Survey (1998), (2) Native Hawaiian Health Research Project (1997-2001), and (3) University of California San Diego Filipino Women's Health Study (1995-1999). Fasting glucose after an 8h fast, blood pressure, and body mass index (BMI) were measured in all three regions; a 75 g oral glucose tolerance test was performed in San Diego and Hawaii.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The proportion of Filipinas with BMI > or = 30 kg/m2 was higher in Hawaii (20%) compared to women in San Diego (9.3%) or the Philippines (5.2%, p<0.001). Fasting hyperglycemia prevalence (fasting plasma glucose > or = 126 mg/dl or fasting whole blood glucose > or = 110 mg/dl) did not differ among Filipinas in the Philippines (11.8%), San Diego (14.1%), and Hawaii (14.7%, p = 0.323). Type 2 diabetes prevalence was similar among Filipinas in San Diego (31.6%) and Hawaii (24.9%, p = 0.79).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite regional differences in obesity, fasting hyperglycemia was similar among Filipinas in the Philippines, San Diego, and Hawaii and type 2 diabetes prevalence was similar among Filipinas in San Diego and Hawaii.
authors.affiliation: University of California San Diego, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC-0607, La Jolla, CA 92093-0607, USA. haraneta@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: Maria Rosario G
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Araneta
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lantion-Ang
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grandinetti
authors.forename: Mary Anne
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Lim-Abrahan
authors.forename: Healani
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barrett-Connor
authors.forename: Beatrice L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Wingard
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010679:Philippines / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D015995:Prevalence