Abstract
Only limited data are available regarding East Asians, one of the fastest growing immigrant populations in the U.S. (1–4). We conducted a cross-sectional study of the association between sociodemographic factors, Western acculturation, BMI, physical activity, and fasting glucose among Chinese immigrants attending free cardiovascular risk screening at a New York City community health center. We obtained randomly selected venous samples from 300 of a total of 622 self-identified Chinese participants, age 18 years or older. Sociodemographic details and time since immigration were obtained. Dietary acculturation was measured using a previously validated scale relying on self-recollected consumption of Western and Chinese foods (5). Cronbach α was 0.747 for the Western and 0.338 for the Chinese scale. Age was categorized as ≤39, 40–55, …
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