Cardiovascular risk and access to primary care: Comparisons among Chinese documented and undocumented immigrants
Authors' conclusion
Undocumented immigrants had high prevalence of risk factors with lower levels of awareness than migrants
Study context
- Population
- Chinese first-generation immigrants living in Prato, Italy, undergoing blood pressure (BP) measurement and blood tests
- Participants
- 3,435 participants
- Exposure
- Undocumented vs National Health Service (NHS)-registered Chinese migrants
- Undocumentedn = 1,766
- Outcome
- Main cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, T2D, hypercholesterolaemia), including awareness and treatment
Methodological detailsmultivariable adjusted logistic regression
- Multivariable adjusted logistic regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Risk factors, awareness and treatment
Undocumented migrants
1766, 51 %
NHS registration associated with higher rate of treatment for T2D
6 times
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Cardiovascular risk and access to primary care: Comparisons among Chinese documented and undocumented immigrants. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 29 March 2024. doi:10.
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