The decline was stronger among Dutch-born children compared to foreign-born children.
Clarke et al (2011) also showed significantly higher incidence rates of CLL/SLL and HL-NS in US-born Asians compared to foreign-born Asians, which suggests that environmental risk factors also exist for Asians who emigrate to the US.
US-born Latina mothers were also more than twice as likely to report having low support (14.3%) compared to foreign-borns (6.2%).
A recent study found that United States tuberculosis patients born in South Asian countries had higher rates of extrapulmonary tuberculosis compared to other foreign born patients, even after controlling for age and HIV co-infection [ 21].
In a recent paper published by Italian authors and conducted in the Emilia Romagna region, where TB epidemiology is similar to the Lombardy region, where our hospital is located, the median health care delay in TB diagnosis was significantly higher for Italian as compared with foreign born patients (60 vs 18 days) [ 19].
To determine whether the loss of immunity among HIV patients residing in the USA is a function of country of birth, this study quantifies ATA levels among HIV-infected persons born in the USA compared to those born in foreign countries and immigrated to the USA.
Alcohol abuse and dependence rates were higher among U.S.-born Puerto Ricans and South/Central Americans compared to their foreign-born counterparts, while no such differences were found for Cuban and Mexican Americans.
Being foreign born as compared to native born was associated statistically with a lower prevalence of diagnosed asthma (11.3% vs. 40.7%, p = 0.001).
Our findings further confirm that foreign-born women are less likely to receive a Pap test compared to US born women 6.
Foreign born patients had a somewhat lower, although not significantly, probability of receiving an experimental antiretroviral compared to patients born in Italy.
In Sweden, foreign born women have an increased risk of interpersonal violence exposure and of mortality directly linked to violence compared to Swedish born women [ 15].
