Serum cotinine as a predictor of lipid-related indices in Turkish immigrants with type 2 diabetes: A clinic-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Turkish immigrants form the largest ethnic minority group in the Netherlands and show a higher prevalence of (i) cardiovascular disease (CVD), (ii) cigarette smoking, and (iii) type 2 diabetes (T2D) as compared to the native Dutch. This study examines the association of CVD risk factors: serum cotinine, as an indicator of cigarette smoke, and lipid-related indices among first-generation (foreign-born) Turkish immigrants with T2D living in deprived neighbourhoods in the Netherlands.

Methods

A total of 110 participants, physician-diagnosed with T2D, aged 30 years and older, were recruited by convenience sampling from the Schilderswijk neighbourhood of The Hague in a clinic-based cross-sectional design. Serum cotinine (independent variable) was measured with a solid-

SUBMITTER: Sukhram SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9978330 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature