Levels of acculturation and effect on glycemic control in Mexicans and Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-72

  Ross, Sarah E ^a   Franks, Susan F ^b   Hall, James ^b   Young, Richard ^a   Cardarelli, Roberto ^b  

^a JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Glycemic control; Hemoglobin A1c; Mexican; Mexican Americans; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES CONTROL; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEXICAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952799930     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: 19419260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2011.01.2246     Document Type: Review

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