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Differences in anthropometric measures in immigrants and Swedish-born individuals: Results from two community-based cohort studies 2014

Authors

Carlsson A.C.*, Wändell P., Riserus U., Ärnlöv J., Borné Y., Engström G., Leander K., Gigante B., Hellénius M.-L., de Faire U.

Author Keywords

Obesity Body mass index (BMI) Waist-hip ratio (WHR) Low resource settings Waist-hip-height ratio (WHHR) ... 1 more keyword

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physical activity educational status immigrant sagittal abdominal diameter Europe ... 28 more keywords

Anthropometric measures and lipid coronary heart disease risk factors in korean immigrants with type 2 diabetes 2011

Authors

Choi S.*

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waist-hip ratio Lipids BMI Type 2 diabetes mellitus waist circumference ... 1 more keyword

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morphometrics Body Weights and Measures non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 human ... 21 more keywords

Chronic Disease Burden Among Bhutanese Refugee Women Aged 18–65 Years Resettled in Northeast Ohio, United States, 2008–2011 2015

Authors

Bhatta M.P.*, Shakya S., Assad L., Zullo M.D.

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United States Resettled Bhutanese refugees Community-based study Socio-demographic profile Prevalence ... 1 more keyword

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Ohio refugee Waist-Hip Ratio Waist Circumference Neoplasms ... 21 more keywords

Reduction of abdominal fat and chronic disease factors by lifestyle change in migrant Asian Indians older than 50 years 2007

Authors

Rush E.C.*, Chandu V., Plank L.D.

Author Keywords

Obesity Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry Lifestyle diabetes physical activity

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body composition photon absorptiometry Blood Glucose lifestyle Absorptiometry, Photon ... 34 more keywords

Diabetes among Inuit migrants in Denmark. 2005

Authors

Moustgaard H.*, Bjerregaard P., Borch-Johnsen K., Jørgensen M.E.

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[No Keywords available]

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Blood Glucose lifestyle Life Style metabolism Waist-Hip Ratio ... 37 more keywords

Dietary patterns and non-communicable disease risk in Indian adults: Secondary analysis of Indian Migration Study data 2017

Authors

Joy E.J.M.*, Green R., Agrawal S., Aleksandrowicz L., Bowen L., Kinra S., MacDIarmid J.I., Haines A., Dangour A.D.

Author Keywords

Non-communicable disease risk factors Indian Migration Study Finite mixture modelling Dietary Patterns Micronutrient malnutrition

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urban population India Caucasian Waist-Hip Ratio human ... 35 more keywords

The association between anthropometric measures and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is different in Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants compared with the general population in Finland: A cross-sectional population-based study 2019

Authors

Skogberg N.*, Laatikainen T., Lilja E., Lundqvist A., Härkänen T., Koponen P.

Author Keywords

Waist-to-height ratio Somali BMI Russian HbA1c ... 5 more keywords

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Russia Finland Waist-Hip Ratio Waist Circumference non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus ... 31 more keywords

The association between anthropometric measures and glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) is different in Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants compared with the general population in Finland: A cross-sectional population-based study 2019

Authors

Skogberg N.*, Laatikainen T., Lilja E., Lundqvist A., Härkänen T., Koponen P.

Author Keywords

Waist-to-height ratio Somali BMI Russian HbA1c ... 5 more keywords

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Russia Finland Waist-Hip Ratio Waist Circumference non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus ... 31 more keywords

Migrant Asian Indians in New Zealand; Prediction of metabolic syndrome using body weights and measures 2014

Authors

Jowitt L.M.*, Lu L.W., Rush E.C.

Author Keywords

Metabolic syndrome Asian Indians Waist-to-height ratio Type 2 diabetes mellitus New Zealand

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urban population Adipose Tissue body composition morphometrics photon absorptiometry ... 41 more keywords

Pre-acculturation as a risk factor for obesity: Findings from the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) 2019

Authors

Gee G.C.*, de Castro A.B., Crespi C., Wang M., Hing A., Bacong A., Llave K.

Author Keywords

Theory international Immigration Obesity

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physical activity educational status immigrant emigrant English (language) ... 29 more keywords

Pre-acculturation as a risk factor for obesity: Findings from the Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES) 2019

Authors

Gee G.C.*, de Castro A.B., Crespi C., Wang M., Hing A., Bacong A., Llave K.

Author Keywords

Theory international Immigration Obesity

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physical activity educational status immigrant emigrant English (language) ... 29 more keywords

Validity of self-reported weight and height: Comparison between immigrant and non-immigrant Mexican Americans in NHANES III 2005

Authors

Lee S.-K.*

Author Keywords

Mexican Americans Validity Self-reported weight and height Immigrant

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immigrant Life Style Student t test Waist-Hip Ratio human ... 25 more keywords

Which anthropometric measures best indicate type 2 diabetes among Russian, Somali and Kurdish origin migrants in Finland? A cross-sectional study 2018

Authors

Skogberg N.*, Laatikainen T., Lundqvist A., Lilja E., Härkänen T., Koponen P.

Author Keywords

African anthropometric Middle-eastern Non-western migrant ... 1 more keyword

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Kurd (people) Russia Russian (people) Somali (people) receiver operating characteristic ... 47 more keywords

Differences in body composition and cardiovascular and type 2 diabetes risk factors between migrant and British-born British Pakistani women 2008

Authors

Pollard T.M.*, Unwin N., Fischbacher C., Chamley J.K.

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[No Keywords available]

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body composition Pakistan insulin resistance cardiovascular risk cholesterol blood level ... 38 more keywords

Effects of culturally adaptive walking intervention on cardiovascular disease risks for middle-aged Korean-Chinese female migrant workers 2017

Authors

Lee H., Cho S.*, Wilbur J., Kim J., Park C.-G., Lee Y.-M.

Author Keywords

Migrant workers Acculturative stress physical activity

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physical activity China South Korea Chinese Republic of Korea ... 32 more keywords

Diabetes prevalence and risk factors among ethnic minorities 2009

Authors

Ujcic-Voortman J.K., Schram M.T., Jacobs-Van Der Bruggen M.A., Verhoeff A.P., Baan C.A.

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Obesity risk factors Ethnic differences Turkish diabetes ... 1 more keyword

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physical activity urban population antidiabetic agent Netherlands lifestyle ... 41 more keywords

Body composition and cardiorespiratory fitness among refugee Somali women living in New Zealand 2007

Authors

Guerin P.B.*, Elmi F.H., Corrigan C.

Author Keywords

Women Health Bodymass index Refugees Fitness

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physical activity body composition lifestyle fitness refugee ... 36 more keywords

A culturally appropriate diet and lifestyle intervention can successfully treat the components of metabolic syndrome in female Pakistani immigrants residing in Melbourne, Australia 2008

Authors

Kousar R., Burns C., Lewandowski P.*

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[No Keywords available]

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Pakistan Blood Glucose lifestyle immigrant Life Style ... 32 more keywords

Sex hormone-binding globulin and androgen levels in immigrant and British-born premenopausal British Pakistani women: Evidence of early life influences? 2006

Authors

Pollard T.M., Unwin N.C., Fischbacher C.M., Chamley J.K.

Author Keywords

[No Keywords available]

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blood sampling sex hormone binding globulin Pakistan immigrant lifestyle ... 34 more keywords

Nutritional status of vietnamese female marriage immigrants to Korea in relation to length of residence in Korea 2009

Authors

Lyu J.E., Yang Y.J., Lee S.E., Chung H.W., Kim M.K., Kim W.Y.

Author Keywords

Nutritional status Dietary acculturation Vietnamese female Marriage immigrants

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Vietnam South Korea immigrant cholesterol blood level hemoglobin blood level ... 49 more keywords