AMISH EYE STUDY

Learning from an Amish birth.

A comparison of periodontal disease among rural Amish and non-Amish adults.

Periodontal disease can be more efficiently studied within a homogeneous population where genetic influences and lifestyles are similar enough to negative their effect on the disease process. This study focuses on an Amish population in southern Michigan who isolate themselves from outside influences and their non-Amish neighbors. A total of 425 Amish and 290 non-Amish were contacted resulting ...

Comparison of BMI and Physical Activity Between Old Order Amish Children and Non-Amish Children

OBJECTIVE The Old Order Amish (OOA) is a conservative Christian sect of European origin living in Pennsylvania. Diabetes is rare in adult OOA despite a mean BMI rivaling that in the general U.S. non-Hispanic white population. The current study examines childhood factors that may contribute to the low prevalence of diabetes in the OOA by comparing OOA children aged 8-19 years with National Healt...

Assessment of Health Needs in Rural America: A Comparison of Amish and Non-Amish Families

This study examines a state-sponsored initiative to identify the primary health needs in rural areas so that the appropriateness of existing programs and services could be determined, and the development of new ones could be planned. Data were collected through a survey of 200 families, 50 of whom were Amish. Relatively few differences existed between Amish and non-Amish families on health stat...

Diabetes in the Old Order Amish

s of Papers for the 129th Meeting ofthe American Chemical Society, Dallas, TX,April 8–13, 1963, p. 31C12. Petersen JS, Hegnaes KR, Moody A, KarlsenAE, Marshall MO, Hoier-Madsen M, Boel E,Michelsen BK, Dyrberg T: Detection ofGAD65 antibodies in diabetes and otherautoimmune diseases using a simple radi-oligand assay. Diabetes 43:459–467, 199413. Kahn HA, Sempos...