The Relationship Between Immigration Status and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Factors in Immigrants and US-Born Adults.

ABSTRACT: To understand the relationship between nativity and measures of kidney function including estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR). Seven waves of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2014) was analyzed. General linear regression methods were used to assess the relationship between eGFR, ACR and nativity (foreign-born vs. US-born). Models were adjusted for length of time in the US, demographic variables, comorbidities, lifestyle factors, and access to healthcare. There were 27,111 individuals representing 217,842,257 US adults included in the study. Approximately 26.1% were immigrants, with 40.4% of immigrants having resided < 15 years in the US. Among immigrants with < 15 years of residence, 51% were Hispanic, and 54

SUBMITTER: Dawson AZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7686246 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature