The Relationship Between Dietary Acculturation and Type 2 Diabetes Risk Among Asian Indians in the U.S. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Asian Indians have a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the U.S. (17.4-29%). This study examined the relationship between dietary acculturation of Asian Indians in the U.S. and their future risk for type 2 diabetes. A validated Asian Indian Dietary Acculturation Measure (AIDAM) and the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) were completed by 153 Asian Indians in the U.S. via a cross-sectional web-survey. Correlations and relative risk ratios were used to examine the association between AIDAM and FINDRISC. A significantly larger proportion of Non-Indian Oriented participants (44.7%) had higher FINDRISC scores (scores 7-26) compared to the Asian Indian Oriented group (27.9%) (p=.024), and also had increased relative predictive risk for type 2 diabetes (relative risk ratio=1.6). A positive association between dietary acculturation and diabetes risk was evident in our sample, which highlights the importance of assessing dietary acculturation in non-native groups when investigating type 2 diabetes risk factors.

published proceedings

  • J Immigr Minor Health

author list (cited authors)

  • Venkatesh, S., Conner, T., Song, W. O., Olson, B. H., & Weatherspoon, L. J.

citation count

  • 12

complete list of authors

  • Venkatesh, Sumathi||Conner, Thomas||Song, Won O||Olson, Beth H||Weatherspoon, Lorraine J

publication date

  • April 2017