The incidence of anorexia nervosa in Netherlands Antilles immigrants in the Netherlands.
Eur Eat Disord Rev
; 18(5): 399-403, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Previously we found that the incidence of anorexia nervosa (AN) in the general population was much lower in the Netherlands Antilles than in the Netherlands. As a follow-up we compared the incidence of AN in the Netherlands in persons from the Netherlands Antilles to native Dutch.METHOD:
A national register of psychiatric hospital admissions was screened for cases of AN. Incidence rates (IR) and incidence rate ratios (IRR) were computed.RESULTS:
The IR of AN was 1.32 per 100 000 person years (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.53-2.71) for Netherlands Antilleans and 1.09 (95% CI 1.04-1.15) for native Dutch. The age- and sex-adjusted IRR was 1.21 (95% CI 0.58-2.54).CONCLUSION:
Contrary to the Netherlands Antilles, in the Netherlands AN is as common among Netherlands Antilleans as among native Dutch. Exposure to the Western idealization of thinness is a risk factor for the development of AN, possibly in interaction with migration-related stress.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Anorexia Nerviosa
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Emigrantes e Inmigrantes
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Hospitalización
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Antillas holandesas
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Caribe
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Caribe ingles
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Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eur Eat Disord Rev
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
Año:
2010
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Países Bajos