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Serum Cotinine As A Predictor Of Lipid-Related Indices In Turkish Immigrants With Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Study, Shiryn D. Sukhram, Gustavo G. Zarini, Lemia H. Shaban, Joan A. Vaccaro, Avinash R. Sukhram, Fatma G. Huffman
Serum Cotinine As A Predictor Of Lipid-Related Indices In Turkish Immigrants With Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Study, Shiryn D. Sukhram, Gustavo G. Zarini, Lemia H. Shaban, Joan A. Vaccaro, Avinash R. Sukhram, Fatma G. Huffman
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Background: Turkish immigrants form the largest ethnic minority group in the
Netherlands and show a higher prevalence of (i) cardiovascular disease (CVD),
(ii) cigarette smoking, and (iii) type 2 diabetes (T2D) as compared to the native
Dutch. This study examines the association of CVD risk factors: serum cotinine, as
an indicator of cigarette smoke, and lipid-related indices among first-generation
(foreign-born) Turkish immigrants with T2D living in deprived neighbourhoods in the
Netherlands.
Methods: A total of 110 participants, physician-diagnosed with T2D, aged 30 years
and older, were recruited by convenience sampling from the Schilderswijk
neighbourhood of The Hague in a clinic-based …