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Acculturation And Diabetes Self-Management Of Cuban Americans: Is Age A Protective Factor?, Fatma Huffman, Joan Vaccaro, Deva Gundupali, Gustavo Zarini, Zisca Dixon
Acculturation And Diabetes Self-Management Of Cuban Americans: Is Age A Protective Factor?, Fatma Huffman, Joan Vaccaro, Deva Gundupali, Gustavo Zarini, Zisca Dixon
Joan A. Vaccaro
Migration to the United States has been linked to obesity and poor diet quality. We investigated the relationship among diabetes self-management, diet, age and acculturation factors for 182 Cuban-Americans (Females = 110, Males = 72) with type 2 diabetes recruited from a randomized mailing list in South Florida. Inadequate glycemic control (β = 0.257), BMI (β = 0.251), total fat intake (β = 0.251), and smoking (β = 0.200), were positively associated, while understanding of overall diabetes care (β = -0.165), was negatively associated with migration (N = 162, adj.R2 = 0.286, F = 14.65, p < 0.001). These associations suggest …