title: Residential Segregation and Diabetes Risk among Latinos.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether residence in ethnically segregated metropolitan areas is associated with increased diabetes risk for Latinos in the United States.
  
  
  METHODS
  Population data from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the 2005 American Community Survey were used to determine whether higher levels of Latino-White segregation across metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States is associated with increased diabetes risk among Latinos (n=7462).
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant relationship (P<.05) between levels of segregation and diabetes risk was observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The research literature examining the impact of residential segregation on health outcomes remains equivocal for Latinos.
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
authors.forename: Diana S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Grigsby-Toussaint
authors.affiliation: 2. Department of Sociology, George Washington University.
authors.forename: Antwan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: 3. Department of Statistics, Stanford University.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.affiliation: 1. Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
authors.forename: Natalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bradford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D040343:Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063505:Racism / Q000208:ethnology*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012306:Risk; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Diabetes; Latinos; Segregation