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Abstract #108046

Jacqueline Lucas, BA, MPH, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2333, Hyattsville, MD 20782, 301-458-4355, JLucas@cdc.gov, Jeannine Schiller, MPH, National Center for Heatlh Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2334, Hyattsville, MD 20782, and Achintya Dey, MA, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 3311 Toledo Road, Mailstop- P08, Hyattsville, MD 20781.

Recent studies suggest that immigrant women are at increased risk of mortality due to ischemic heart disease and stroke compared to their native-born counterparts. One possible explanation for this may be the increasing prevalence of underlying risk factors for these diseases. Diabetes is one major risk factor for ischemic heart disease and stroke, but few studies have examined diabetes prevalence in a large, nationally representative sample of native-born and immigrant women.

We will utilize data from the National Center for Health Statistics' 1998-2003 National Health Interview Surveys to assess self-reported diabetes prevalence in adult women age 18 and older by nativity status for four racial/ethnic groups. We will examine the likelihood of having diabetes, controlling for demographic, geographic, socio-economic, and health status factors. We will also conduct separate analyses for native-born and immigrant women, to determine if predictors of having diabetes are similar or different for the two groups of women. Finally, we examine the role that duration of residence in the U.S. plays in the likelihood of having diabetes among immigrant women.

Learning Objectives:

• To learn how prevalence rates of diabetes in native-born women compare to those of their immigrant counterparts; to learn about factors associated with diabetes prevalence for racial/ethnic subgroups of native-born and immigrant women, and whether these factors are similar or different; and to determine the role duration of residence in the U.S. plays in diabetes prevalence for immigrant women.

Keywords: Diabetes, Immigrant Women

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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