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To the Editor: The review by Dr Chan and colleagues¹ provided a timely reminder of the increasing burden of diabetes among Asians. It is also important to note that diabetes prevalence is high within the growing Asian diaspora. Asian immigrant populations in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada are increasing rapidly. For example, between 1980 and 2007 the US Asian population increased almost 5-fold, from 3.5 million to more than 15.2 million.² The relatively small number of Asian Americans included in the US Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) precludes an accurate estimate of diabetes prevalences in Asian individuals as well as within Asian subgroups.

Chan et al¹ noted that the diabetes epidemic in Asia is heterogeneous, with a relatively wide variation among countries. The Asian American population is equally diverse in terms of national origin, as well as the cultural, dietary, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Swapnil Rajpathak, MD, DrPH
srajpath@aecom.yu.edu

Judith Wylie-Rosett, EdD, RD; Michael Alderman, MD
Department of Epidemiology and Population Health
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Bronx, New York

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