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SUBMITTER: Gebreab SY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5774670 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gebreab Samson Y SY Hickson DeMarc A DA Sims Mario M Wyatt Sharon B SB Davis Sharon K SK Correa Adolfo A Diez-Roux Ana V AV
Health & place 20161227
Using data from Jackson Heart Study, we investigated the associations of neighborhood social and physical environments with prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in African Americans (AA). Among non-diabetic participants at baseline (n=3670), 521 (14.2%) developed T2DM during a median follow-up of 7.3 years. Measures of neighborhood social environments, and food and physical activity resources were derived using survey-and GIS-based methods. Prevalence ratios (PR) and Hazar ...[more]