Abstract
Adults with cognitive limitations and diabetes may be less able to adhere to treatment recommendations. Our aims were to: 1) estimate and compare the prevalence of cognitive limitations and diabetes among foreign-born non-Hispanic whites, blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Arab Americans to US-born non-Hispanic whites; and 2) examine associations after controlling for covariates. We linked 2002-2016 National Health Interview Survey and 2003-2017 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data (ages >=45 years, n=122,898). The prevalence of cognitive limitations was highest among foreign-born non-Hispanic whites (9.71%) and Arab Americans (9.40%) and lowest among foreign-born blacks (5.19%). Foreign-born non-Hispanic whites had higher odds (OR=1.36; 95% CI=1.05-1.49) of cognitive limitations than their US-born counterparts. Foreign-born Hispanics with diabetes had greater odds of cognitive limitations (OR=1.91; 95% CI=1.63, 2.24) compared to US-born non-Hispanic whites. Additional findings will be discussed focused on stressors that may contribute to cognition disparities using the immigrant health paradox framework.
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