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Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in U.S. Latinos.

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Zeki Al Hazzouri, A; Haan, MN; Robinson, WR; Gordon-Larsen, P; Garcia, L; Clayton, E; Aiello, AE
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring)
May 2015

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the association of intergenerational education and country of birth with waist circumference, metabolic syndrome, and type 2 diabetes among older adult Latinos in the United States. METHODS: We used cross-sectional data from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging, a cohort of older adult Mexican-American Latinos (mean age = 70 years). At baseline, we measured waist circumference and assessed metabolic syndrome and diabetes according to established guidelines (N = 1,789). Participants were classified as US-born or foreign-born based on self-reported birth country. Participants reported their parents' education level (≥6 vs. <6 years) and their own educational attainment (≥12 vs. <12 years). RESULTS: US-born participants who achieved high adult education, regardless of their parents' education, had 37% lower odds of type 2 diabetes compared to US-born participants with both low parental and personal education levels [e.g., multivariable-adjusted OR (parental low/adult high) = 0.63; 95% CI = 0.40, 0.99]. Among the foreign-born, only those with both high parental and high personal education levels had 55% lower odds of large waist circumference (OR = 0.45; 95% CI = 0.23, 0.88) compared to foreign-born participants with both low parental and personal education levels. CONCLUSIONS: Intergenerational exposure to low education levels may increase central obesity and type 2 diabetes differentially among US-born and foreign-born Latinos.

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Obesity (Silver Spring)

DOI

EISSN

1930-739X

Publication Date

May 2015

Volume

23

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1097 / 1104

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Waist Circumference
  • United States
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Male
  • Intergenerational Relations
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Health Education
  • Health Behavior
  • Female
 

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Zeki Al Hazzouri, A., Haan, M. N., Robinson, W. R., Gordon-Larsen, P., Garcia, L., Clayton, E., & Aiello, A. E. (2015). Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in U.S. Latinos. Obesity (Silver Spring), 23(5), 1097–1104. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21051
Zeki Al Hazzouri, Adina, Mary N. Haan, Whitney R. Robinson, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Lorena Garcia, Erin Clayton, and Allison E. Aiello. “Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in U.S. Latinos.Obesity (Silver Spring) 23, no. 5 (May 2015): 1097–1104. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21051.
Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Haan MN, Robinson WR, Gordon-Larsen P, Garcia L, Clayton E, et al. Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in U.S. Latinos. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 May;23(5):1097–104.
Zeki Al Hazzouri, Adina, et al. “Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in U.S. Latinos.Obesity (Silver Spring), vol. 23, no. 5, May 2015, pp. 1097–104. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/oby.21051.
Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Haan MN, Robinson WR, Gordon-Larsen P, Garcia L, Clayton E, Aiello AE. Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in U.S. Latinos. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2015 May;23(5):1097–1104.
Journal cover image

Published In

Obesity (Silver Spring)

DOI

EISSN

1930-739X

Publication Date

May 2015

Volume

23

Issue

5

Start / End Page

1097 / 1104

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Waist Circumference
  • United States
  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Male
  • Intergenerational Relations
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Health Education
  • Health Behavior
  • Female