Migrant adults with diabetes in France: Influence of family migration.

ABSTRACT: AIM:To explore the influence of migration and this parameters on the control of diabetes. METHODS:A cohort of migrant patients with type 2 diabetes was recruited in a center affiliated to the French national insurance system situated in a department with important migratory phenomenon. Patients fulfilled a questionnaire about diabetes, their migration history, and the EPICES score (deprivation score). We have explored by univariate and multivariate analysis if any of the characteristics of migration could be related to the control of diabetes. This cohort was compared to a non-migrant control group of age and sex-matched patients. RESULTS:We included 72 patients, 36 women and 36 men from 20 different countries. The mean age was 57.7 ± 9.6 years. A migration for family reunification was ass

SUBMITTER: Chambre C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5651293 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature