Neighborhood conditions, diabetes, and risk of lower-body functional limitations among middle-aged African Americans: A cohort study

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 283
• Main Authors: Schootman, Mario, Andresen, Elena M, Wolinsky, Fredric D, Miller, J Philip, Yan, Yan, Miller, Douglas K
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 27.05.2010; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: African Americans; African Americans - psychology; Aged; Cohort analysis; Cohort Studies; Community life; Confidence intervals; Demographic aspects; Diabetes; Diabetes Complications - psychology; Diabetes Mellitus - physiopathology; Female; Health aspects; Housing; Humans; Lower Extremity - physiopathology; Male; Medicine; Methods; Middle Aged; Middle aged persons; Minority & ethnic groups; Missouri - epidemiology; Odds Ratio; Older people; Public health; Research article; Residence Characteristics; Risk factors; Sensitivity analysis; Social aspects; Studies; Missouri; United States; Africa

The relationship between presence of diabetes and adverse neighborhood and housing conditions and their effect on functional decline is unclear. We examined the association of adverse neighborhood (block face) and housing conditions with incidence of lower-body functional limitations among persons w...