Author ORCID Identifier
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7314-0184
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-5920
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Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
College/Unit
School of Public Health
Department/Program/Center
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Abstract
Research studies have shown that plant-based diets confer cardiovascular and metabolic health benefits. Asian Indians (AIs) in the US (who have often followed plant-based diets) have elevated risk for chronic diseases such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and obesity suggesting ethnic vulnerability that imply genetic and/or lifestyle causative links. This study explored the association between this ethnic group and diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome after controlling for demographics, acculturation, family history of diabetes, and lifestyle and clinical risk factors. The sample comprised of 1038 randomly selected adult AIs in seven US sites. Prevalence and metabolic syndrome was estimated, and obesity was calculated using the WHO Asian criteria. Multivariate analysis included multinomial logistic regression. The mean age and length of residency in the US were 47 and 18.5 years, respectively. The majority of respondents were vegetarians (62%) and educated. A vegetarian lifestyle was associated with females, food label users, respondents with poor/fair current health status, less acculturated, and those who reported their diet had not changed after coming to the US. Vegetarian status was a protective factor and lowered the risk for diabetes but not for metabolic syndrome and obesity in the regression model. Results provide a firm basis for educational programs.
Digital Commons Citation
Misra, Ranjita; Balagopal, Padmini; Raj, Sudha; and Patel, Thakor G., "Vegetarian Diet and Cardiometabolic Risk among Asian Indians in the United States" (2018). Faculty & Staff Scholarship. 1926.
https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/1926
Source Citation
Misra, R., Balagopal, P., Raj, S., & Patel, T. G. (2018). Vegetarian Diet and Cardiometabolic Risk among Asian Indians in the United States. Journal of Diabetes Research, 2018, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/1675369
Comments
Copyright © 2018 Ranjita Misra et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.