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The Relationship Between Immigration Status and Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Factors in Immigrants and US-Born Adults. J Immigr Minor Health 2020 Dec;22(6):1200-1207

Date

07/21/2020

Pubmed ID

32686072

Pubmed Central ID

PMC7686246

DOI

10.1007/s10903-020-01054-x

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85088100113 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   4 Citations

Abstract

To understand the relationship between nativity and measures of kidney function including estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and albumin-to-creatinine ratio (ACR). Seven waves of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2001-2014) was analyzed. General linear regression methods were used to assess the relationship between eGFR, ACR and nativity (foreign-born vs. US-born). Models were adjusted for length of time in the US, demographic variables, comorbidities, lifestyle factors, and access to healthcare. There were 27,111 individuals representing 217,842,257 US adults included in the study. Approximately 26.1% were immigrants, with 40.4% of immigrants having resided < 15 years in the US. Among immigrants with < 15 years of residence, 51% were Hispanic, and 54.4% had high school or below education. After controlling for demographics and length of time in the US, immigrants were 26% more likely to have an ACR ≥ 30 mg/g (OR 1.26, 95% CI: 1.08-1.47); however, after controlling for demographics, length of time, comorbidities, and lifestyle factors the results were no longer significant. Immigrants were significantly less likely to have an eGFR < 60 (OR 0.42, 95% CI 0.36-0.50), which remained after adjustment (OR 0.75, 95% CI 0.61-0.93). Immigrants had significantly lower odds of having an eGFR < 60 compared to US-born adults. Additionally, immigrants with ≥ 15 years in the US had mean eGFR values that were less than immigrants < 15 years in the US, indicating that there is some decrease in kidney function as the length of US residence increases.

Author List

Dawson AZ, Garacci E, Ozieh M, Walker RJ, Egede LE

Authors

Aprill Z. Dawson PhD, MPH Assistant Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin
Mukoso Nwamaka Ozieh MD Associate Professor in the Medicine department at Medical College of Wisconsin

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adult
Emigrants and Immigrants
Emigration and Immigration
Humans
Nutrition Surveys
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic
Risk Factors