title: Prevalence of diabetes in New York City, 2002-2008: comparing foreign-born South Asians and other Asians with U.S.-born whites, blacks, and Hispanics.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe diabetes prevalence in New York City by race/ethnicity and nativity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were from the New York City 2002-2008 Community Health Surveys. Respondents were categorized on the basis of self-reported race/ethnicity and birth country: foreign-born South Asian (Indian subcontinent), foreign-born other Asian, U.S.-born non-Hispanic black, U.S.-born non-Hispanic white, and U.S.-born Hispanic. Diabetes status was defined by self-reported provider diagnosis. Multivariable models examined diabetes prevalence by race/ethnicity and birth country.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Prevalence among foreign-born South Asians was nearly twice that of foreign-born other Asians (13.6 vs. 7.4%, P = 0.001). In multivariable analyses, normal-BMI foreign-born South Asians had nearly five times the diabetes prevalence of comparable U.S.-born non-Hispanic whites (14.1 vs. 2.9%, P < 0.001) and 2.5 times higher prevalence than foreign-born other Asians (P < 0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Evaluating Asians as one group masks the higher diabetes burden among South Asians. Researchers and clinicians should be aware of differences in this population.
authors.affiliation: New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY, USA. lgupta@health.nyc.gov
authors.forename: Leena S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Charles C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Sharon E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Perlman
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D044466:Asian People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009519:New York City / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data