Journal of Pediatric Nursing
Volume 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 834-841

Type 1 Diabetes Among East African Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Black Youth in the U.S. (Article)

O'Connor M.R.* , Dobra A. , Voss J. , Pihoker C. , Doorenbos A.
  • a University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, United States, Seattle Children's Hospital, Division of Endocrinology, Seattle, WA, United States
  • b University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, United States
  • c University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, United States
  • d Seattle Children's Hospital, Division of Endocrinology, Seattle, WA, United States, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Seattle, WA, United States
  • e University of Washington, School of Nursing, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

Type 1 diabetes has not previously been described in East African immigrant youth in the United States. The purpose of this study was to compare East African immigrant and nonimmigrant Black youth with type 1 diabetes. Among other clinical and demographic differences, estimated prevalence of type 1 diabetes was nearly four times higher among East African youth in King County, Washington (6.20/1000, 95% confidence interval (CI) [4.49, 7.91] vs. 1.56/1000, 95% CI [1.03, 2.09]) compared to nonimmigrant Black youth. These observations are lost within the Black/African American race classification and additional work is needed to confirm and further explore these findings. © 2015 Elsevier Inc.

Author Keywords

youth immigrants Ethnicity Pediatrics Type 1 diabetes mellitus Africa

Index Keywords

sex ratio human risk assessment statistics and numerical data comparative study Databases, Factual factual database ethnology African American United States Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 migrant Humans Black person Adolescent African Continental Ancestry Group male Emigrants and Immigrants female Africa prevalence Retrospective Studies Sex Distribution age distribution retrospective study African Americans Africa, Eastern Child
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84947764403&doi=10.1016%2fj.pedn.2015.06.002&partnerID=40&md5=ee6368fb11ee7e471066803fdb0522bb
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2015.06.002
ISSN: 08825963
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English