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Risk of eating diso...
Risk of eating disorders in immigrant populations
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- Mustelin, L. (author)
- University of Helsinki,University of North Carolina
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- Hedman, A. M. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska Institute
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- Thornton, Laura M. (author)
- University of North Carolina
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- Kuja-Halkola, R. (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska Institute
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- Keski-Rahkonen, A. (author)
- University of Helsinki
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- Cantor-Graae, E. (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Socialmedicin och global hälsa,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Social Medicine and Global Health,Lund University Research Groups
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- Almqvist, Catarina (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska Institute
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- Birgegård, Andreas (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Stockholm County Council,Karolinska Institute
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- Lichtenstein, P (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska Institute
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- Mortensen, P. B. (author)
- Aarhus University
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- Pedersen, C. B. (author)
- Aarhus University
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- Bulik, Cynthia M (author)
- Karolinska Institutet,Karolinska Institute,University of North Carolina
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- ISSN 1600-0447
- 2017-05-19
- 2017
- English 10 s.
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In: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. - Stockholm : Wiley. - 0001-690X .- 1600-0447. ; 136:2, s. 156-165
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Abstract
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- Objective: The risk of certain psychiatric disorders is elevated among immigrants. To date, no population studies on immigrant health have addressed eating disorders. We examined whether risk of eating disorders in first- and second-generation immigrants differs from native-born Danes and Swedes. Method: All individuals born 1984–2002 (Danish cohort) and 1989–1999 (Swedish cohort) and residing in the respective country on their 10th birthday were included. They were followed up for the development of eating disorders based on out-patient and in-patient data. Results: The risks of all eating disorder types were lower among first-generation immigrants compared to the native populations: Incidence-rate ratio (95% confidence interval) was 0.39 (0.29, 0.51) for anorexia nervosa, 0.60 (0.42, 0.83) for bulimia nervosa, and 0.62 (0.47, 0.79) for other eating disorders in Denmark and 0.27 (0.21, 0.34) for anorexia nervosa, 0.30 (0.18, 0.51) for bulimia nervosa, and 0.39 (0.32, 0.47) for other eating disorders in Sweden. Likewise, second-generation immigrants by both parents were at lower risk, whereas those with only one foreign-born parent were not. Conclusion: The decreased risk of eating disorders among immigrants is opposite to what has been observed for other psychiatric disorders, particularly schizophrenia. Possible explanations include buffering sociocultural factors and underdetection in health care.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- anorexia nervosa
- bulimia nervosa
- eating disorders
- epidemiology
- immigrants
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Lichtenstein, P
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