Nativity, Neighborhoods, and Body Composition in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Globally, obesity influences the risk of many major chronic diseases. Our study examines the association between individual nativity and neighborhood level concentration of immigrants with 10-year changes in weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC) among older Latinos.

Research design and methods

The Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA) is a population-based prospective study of community-dwelling older adults of Mexican origin (baseline ages 58-101 years). The primary outcome was repeated measures of weight over a 10-year period for 1,628 respondents. Nativity was defined by participants' reported place of birth (US-born or Latin American foreign born). Neighborhood immigrant concentration was measured as the percentage

SUBMITTER: Durazo EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7039378 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature