{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Le-Scherban F"],"funding":["NICHD NIH HHS","NCATS NIH HHS","NHLBI NIH HHS","NIMHD NIH HHS"],"pagination":["102147"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6708458"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["58"],"pubmed_abstract":["Weight among immigrants in the United States (US) is lower than among the US-born on average, but higher among long-term immigrants than the newly arrived. Neighborhood coethnic concentration-the proportion of neighborhood residents of the same ethnic background-may influence weight among immigrants via behavioral norms and market-driven community resources. However, the relevant exposure timeframe may be far longer than is captured by existing cross-sectional and short-term studies. Using detailed historical residential address information on 1449 older Latino and Chinese long-term immigrants, we investigated associations of 10-20-year neighborhood coethnic concentration trajectories with current waist circumference and weight-related behaviors (diet, physical activity, and sedentary time). Among Chinese participants, compared to persistent low coethnic concentration, increasing coethnic concentration was associated with higher waist circumference (difference?=?1.45?cm [0.51, 2.39]). In contrast, both increasing coethnic concentration and persistent high coethnic concentration were associated with a healthier diet. Among Latino participants, trajectories characterized by higher coethnic concentration were associated with higher waist circumference (e.g., difference?=?2.11?cm [0.31, 3.91] for persistent high vs. persistent low) and low physical activity. Long-term patterns of neighborhood coethnic concentration may affect weight-related outcomes among immigrants in complex ways that differ by ethnicity and outcome."],"journal":["Health & place"],"pubmed_title":["Long-term neighborhood ethnic composition and weight-related outcomes among immigrants: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis."],"pmcid":["PMC6708458"],"funding_grant_id":["UL1 TR000040","UL1 TR001079","UL1 TR001420","N01 HC095166","N01 HC095165","P60 MD002249","N01 HC095168","N01 HC095167","N01 HC095159","N01 HC095169","N01 HC095160","P2C HD041023","N01 HC095162","N01 HC095161","N01 HC095164","N01 HC095163","R01 HL071759","L60 MD009078"],"pubmed_authors":["Albrecht SS","Le-Scherban F","Sanchez BN","Diez Roux AV","Osypuk TL"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Long-term neighborhood ethnic composition and weight-related outcomes among immigrants: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.","description":"Weight among immigrants in the United States (US) is lower than among the US-born on average, but higher among long-term immigrants than the newly arrived. Neighborhood coethnic concentration-the proportion of neighborhood residents of the same ethnic background-may influence weight among immigrants via behavioral norms and market-driven community resources. However, the relevant exposure timeframe may be far longer than is captured by existing cross-sectional and short-term studies. Using detailed historical residential address information on 1449 older Latino and Chinese long-term immigrants, we investigated associations of 10-20-year neighborhood coethnic concentration trajectories with current waist circumference and weight-related behaviors (diet, physical activity, and sedentary time). Among Chinese participants, compared to persistent low coethnic concentration, increasing coethnic concentration was associated with higher waist circumference (difference?=?1.45?cm [0.51, 2.39]). In contrast, both increasing coethnic concentration and persistent high coethnic concentration were associated with a healthier diet. Among Latino participants, trajectories characterized by higher coethnic concentration were associated with higher waist circumference (e.g., difference?=?2.11?cm [0.31, 3.91] for persistent high vs. persistent low) and low physical activity. Long-term patterns of neighborhood coethnic concentration may affect weight-related outcomes among immigrants in complex ways that differ by ethnicity and outcome.","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019 Jul","modification":"2020-10-29T13:17:27Z","creation":"2020-07-04T07:17:59Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6708458","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31234123"],"doi":["10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102147"]}}