Residential segregation and diabetes risk among Latinos

Abstract

Objective: To examine whether residence in ethnically segregated metropolitan areas is associated with increased diabetes risk for Latinos in the United States. Methods: Population data from the 2005 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System and the 2005 American Community Survey were used to determine whether higher levels of Latino-White segregation across metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the United States is associated with increased diabetes risk among Latinos (N=7462). Results: No significant relationship (P