Nisar, Mehwish and Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy L. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5025-3204 and Burton, Nicola W. and Khan, Asaduzzaman
(2021)
A longitudinal assessment of risk factors and chronic
diseases among immigrant and non-immigrant adults in
Australia.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (6):8621.
pp. 1-13.
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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence and trajectories of chronic diseases and risk behaviors in immigrants from high-income countries (HIC), low-middle-income countries (LMIC), to Australian-born people. Data were used from five waves of the HABITAT (2007-2016) study-11,035 adults living in Brisbane, Australia. Chronic diseases included cancer, diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Risk factors assessed were body mass index (BMI), insufficient physical activity, and cigarette smoking. Diabetes mellitus increased in all groups, with the highest increase of 33% in LMIC immigrants. The prevalence of cancers increased 19.6% in the Australian-born, 16.6% in HIC immigrants, and 5.1% in LMIC immigrants. The prevalence of asthma increased in HIC immigrants while decreased in the other two groups. Poisson regression showed that LMIC immigrants had 1.12 times higher rates of insufficient physical activity, 0.75 times lower rates of smoking, and 0.77 times lower rates of being overweight than the Australian-born population. HIC immigrants had 0.96 times lower rates of insufficient physical activity and 0.93 times lower rates of overweight than Australian-born. The findings of this study can inform better strategies to reduce health disparities by targeting high-risk cohorts.
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences - School of Health and Wellbeing (1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2021) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Resilient Regions - Centre for Health Research (1 Apr 2020 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Oct 2021 04:15 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Nov 2021 00:31 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | immigrants; chronic disease; risk factors; Australia |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4206 Public health > 420699 Public health not elsewhere classified |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | C Society > 92 Health > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920408 Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being) C Society > 92 Health > 9204 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) > 920499 Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health) not elsewhere classified |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18168621 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/43872 |
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