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BMI Cut Points to Identify At-Risk Asian Americans for Type 2 Diabetes Screening
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an Asian is a person with origins from the Far East (China, Japan, Korea, and Mongolia), Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Laos, etc.), or the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and Nepal); each region has several ethnicities, each with a unique culture, language, and history.In 2011, 18.2 million U.S. residents self-identified as Asian American, with more than two-thirds foreign-born (1).In 2012, Asian Americans were the nation's fastestgrowing racial or ethnic group, with a growth rate over four times that of the total U.S. population.International migration has contributed .60% of the growth rate in this population (1).Among Asian Americans, the Chinese population was the largest (4.0 million), followed by Filipinos (3.4 million), Asian Indians (3.2 million), Vietnamese (1.9 million), Koreans (1.7 million), and Japanese (1.3 million).Nearly three-fourths of all Asian Americans live in 10 statesdCalifornia, New York, Texas, New Jersey, Hawaii, Illinois, Washington, Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania (1).By 2060, the Asian American population is projected to more than double to 34.4 million, with its share of the U.S. population climbing from 5.1 to 8.2% in the same period (2).
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Metadata
- Authors
- Hsu, W. C., Araneta, M. R. G., Kanaya, A. M., Chiang, J. L., & Fujimoto, W.
- Affiliations
- Joslin Diabetes Center (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- American Diabetes Association (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hsu, William C.
- Venue
- Diabetes Care
- Publisher
- American Diabetes Association
- Published
- 2014-12-13
- Volume
- 38
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 150-158
- ISSN
- 0149-5992 (ISSN-L)
- 1935-5548
- PMC
- PMC4392932
- OpenAlex
- W2138127318
- Cited by
- 500
- References
- 60
- Citations by year
- 2026: 23 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 36 · 2023: 40 · 2022: 50 · 2021: 62 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 52 · 2018: 45 · 2017: 52 · 2016: 37 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 6.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Diabetes Care (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Diabetes Action Research and Education Foundation
- World Health Organization
- Women's Health Initiative
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (K24HL112827, R01HL093009)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK063720)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Diabetes Management and Research
- Keywords
- Asian Americans, type 2 diabetes, diabetes screening, body mass index, vulnerable populations, ethnic diversity, population growth
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Aged, Asian, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity, Reference Values, Risk Factors, Body Mass Index, Prevalence, Overweight, Waist Circumference
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