Depression, diabetes and immigration status: a retrospective cohort study using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A bidirectional association between depression and diabetes exists, but has not been evaluated in the context of immigrant status. Given that social determinants of health differ between immigrants and nonimmigrants, we evaluated the association between diabetes and depression incidence, depression and diabetes incidence, and whether immigrant status modified this association, among immigrants and nonimmigrants in Canada.

Methods

We employed a retrospective cohort design using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Comprehensive cohort (baseline [2012-2015] and 3-year follow-up [2015-2018]). We defined participants as having diabetes if they self-reported it or if their glycated hemoglobin A_1c level was 7% or more; we defined participants as

SUBMITTER: Farid D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343120 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature