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• 2011

  Evidence of reduced health-related quality of life in older Mexican Americans with arthritis

  Bindawas, S. M., Al Snih, S., Grady, J. J., Protas, E. J., Graham, J. E., Markides, K. S. & Ottenbacher, K. J., Mar 2011, In: Ethnicity and Disease. 21, 2, p. 230-236 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Arthritis
  • Quality of Life
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Physicians
  5 Scopus citations

• Physician advice on exercise and diet in a U.S. sample of obese Mexican-American adults

  Nguyen, H. T., Markides, K. S. & Winkleby, M. A., Jul 1 2011, In: American Journal of Health Promotion. 25, 6, p. 402-409 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Health Care Providers
  • physician
  • Diet
  • Exercise
  16 Scopus citations

• Population trends and late-life disability in Hispanics from the Midwest

  Mendes De Leon, C. F., Eschbach, K. & Markides, K. S., Oct 1 2011, In: Journal of aging and health. 23, 7, p. 1166-1188 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Hispanic Americans
  • disability
  • trend
  • Population
  • Mexican Americans
  6 Scopus citations

• Protective neighborhoods: Neighborhood proportion of Mexican Americans and depressive symptoms in very old Mexican Americans

  Gerst, K., Miranda, P. Y., Eschbach, K., Sheffield, K. M., Peek, M. K. & Markides, K. S., Feb 2011, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 59, 2, p. 353-358 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Depression
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Southwestern United States
  • Insurance Benefits
  26 Scopus citations

• Self-reported urge urinary incontinence (UUI) among older Mexican-American men: Risk factors and psycho-social consequences

  Gerst, K., Ray, L. A., Samper-Ternent, R., Espino, D. V. & Markides, K. S., Dec 2011, In: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 13, 6, p. 1110-1115 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

  • Urge Urinary Incontinence
  • Mexican Americans
  • Bathroom Equipment
  • Social Support
  • Hispanic Americans
  8 Scopus citations

• The protective effect of neighborhood composition on increasing frailty among older Mexican Americans: A barrio advantage?

  Aranda, M. P., Ray, L. A., Snih, S. A., Ottenbacher, K. J. & Markides, K. S., Oct 2011, In: Journal of aging and health. 23, 7, p. 1189-1217 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Frailty
  • medical factors
  • psychosocial factors
  • Hispanic Americans
  54 Scopus citations

• The relationship between education level and mini-mental state examination domains among older Mexican Americans

  Matallana, D., De Santacruz, C., Cano, C., Reyes, P., Samper-Ternent, R., Markides, K. S., Ottenbacher, K. J. & Reyes-Ortiz, C. A., Mar 2011, In: Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 24, 1, p. 9-18 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Mental Status and Dementia Tests
  • Memory
  • Education
  • Language
  37 Scopus citations

• Trends in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control in Older Mexican Americans, 1993-2005

  Al Ghatrif, M., Kuo, Y. F., Al Snih, S., Raji, M. A., Ray, L. A. & Markides, K. S., Jan 2011, In: Annals of Epidemiology. 21, 1, p. 15-25 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Hypertension
  • Southwestern United States
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Cohort Studies
  23 Scopus citations
• 2012

  Aging, health, and longevity in the Mexican-origin population

  Angel, J. L., Torres-Gil, F. & Markides, K., Jan 1 2012, Springer US. 345 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Long-Term Care
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Longevity
  • Publications
  • disability
  6 Scopus citations

• Ethnic/race differences in the attrition of older american survey respondents: Implications for health-related research

  Zhivan, N. A., Ang, A., Amaro, H., Vega, W. A. & Markides, K. S., Feb 1 2012, In: Health Services Research. 47, 1 PART 1, p. 241-254 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Insurance Coverage
  • Health Insurance
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  • Health Status
  • Health
  7 Scopus citations

• Factors associated with poor glycemic control in older Mexican American diabetics aged 75 years and older

  Otiniano, M. E., Al Snih, S., Goodwin, J. S., Ray, L., Alghatrif, M. & Markides, K. S., May 2012, In: Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications. 26, 3, p. 181-186 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Education
  • Hematologic Tests
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Life Expectancy
  15 Scopus citations

• Frailty and cognitive impairment as predictors of mortality in older Mexican Americans

  Cano, C., Samper-Ternent, R., Al Snih, S., Markides, K. & Ottenbacher, K. J., Feb 2012, In: Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging. 16, 2, p. 142-147 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Frailty
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Mortality
  • Mental Status and Dementia Tests
  54 Scopus citations

• Introduction: Aging, health, and longevity in the mexican-origin population

  Angel, J. L., Torres-Gil, F. & Markides, K., Jan 1 2012, Aging, Health, and Longevity in the Mexican-Origin Population. Springer US, p. 1-11 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Longevity
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Mexico
  • Health
  3 Scopus citations

• Life-space mobility in Mexican Americans aged 75 and older

  Snih, S. A., Peek, K. M., Sawyer, P., Markides, K. S., Allman, R. M. & Ottenbacher, K. J., Mar 2012, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60, 3, p. 532-537 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Body Mass Index
  • Stroke
  • Muscle Strength
  42 Scopus citations

• Preface

  Angel, J. L., Torres-Gil, F. & Markides, K., Jan 1 2012, In: Unknown Journal. p. xv-xvi

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  3 Scopus citations

• Prevalence of Health Conditions and Predictors of Mortality in Oldest Old Mexican Americans and Non-Hispanic Whites

  Samper-Ternent, R., Kuo, Y. F., Ray, L. A., Ottenbacher, K. J., Markides, K. S. & Al Snih, S., Mar 2012, In: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 13, 3, p. 254-259 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Mortality
  24 Scopus citations

• Problem drinking among mexican-americans: The influence of nativity and neighborhood context?

  Markides, K. S., Snih, S. A., Walsh, T., Cutchin, M., Ju, H. & Goodwin, J. S., Mar 2012, In: American Journal of Health Promotion. 26, 4, p. 225-229 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Drinking
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Acculturation
  • Binge Drinking
  9 Scopus citations

• Routine physical activity and mortality in Mexican Americans aged 75 and older

  Ottenbacher, A. J., Snih, S. A., Karmarkar, A., Lee, J., Samper-Ternent, R., Kumar, A., Bindawas, S., Markides, K. S. & Ottenbacher, K. J., Jun 2012, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 60, 6, p. 1085-1091 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Exercise
  • Elderly
  • Mortality
  • Ir(2-phenylpyridine)2(4,4'-bis(2-(4-N,N-methylhexylaminophenyl)ethyl)-2-2'-bipyridine)Cl
  28 Scopus citations

• Sleep quality and sleep problems in Mexican Americans aged 75 and older

  Pedraza, S., Al Snih, S., Ottenbacher, K. J., Markides, K. S. & Raji, M. A., Aug 1 2012, In: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 24, 4, p. 391-397 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Sleep
  • Depression
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  17 Scopus citations

• The role of physical activity and diabetes status as a moderator: Functional disability among older Mexican Americans

  Palmer, R. F., Espino, D. V., Dergance, J. M., Becho, J. & Markides, K., Nov 2012, In: Age and Ageing. 41, 6, p. 752-758 7 p., afs106.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Exercise
  18 Scopus citations

• Trends in diabetes prevalence and diabetes-related complications in older Mexican Americans from 1993-1994 to 2004-2005 (Diabetes Care (2009) 32 (2212-2217))

  Beard, H. A., AlGhatrif, M., Samper-Ternent, R., Gerst, K. & Markides, K. S., Mar 2012, In: Diabetes care. 35, 3, p. 660 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Waist circumference (WC), body mass index (BMI), and disability among older adults in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC)

  Nam, S., Kuo, Y. F., Markides, K. S. & Al Snih, S., Sep 2012, In: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 55, 2, p. e40-e47

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Waist Circumference
  • Body Mass Index
  • disability
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Mexico
  27 Scopus citations
• 2013

  Aging, health, and families in the hispanic population: Evolution of a paradigm

  Markides, K. S., Angel, R. J. & Peek, M. K., Jan 1 2013, Kinship and Cohort in an Aging Society: From Generation to Generation. Johns Hopkins University Press, p. 314-332 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  8 Scopus citations

• Diabetes Risk in Older Mexican Americans: Effects of Language Acculturation, Generation and Socioeconomic Status

  Afable-Munsuz, A., Gregorich, S. E., Markides, K. S. & Pérez-Stable, E. J., Sep 2013, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 28, 3, p. 359-373 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Acculturation
  • Mexican Americans
  • acculturation
  • chronic illness
  • Social Class
  11 Scopus citations

• Is self-rated health comparable between non-hispanic whites and hispanics? Evidence from the health and retirement study

  Su, D., Wen, M. & Markides, K. S., Jul 2013, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 68, 4, p. 622-632 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Retirement
  • Hispanic Americans
  • retirement
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Health
  20 Scopus citations

• Physical performance and short-term mortality in very old Mexican Americans

  Panas, L. J., Siordia, C., Angel, R. J., Eschbach, K. & Markides, K. S., Oct 1 2013, In: Experimental Aging Research. 39, 5, p. 481-492 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Physical Functional Performance
  • Mortality
  • Performance Measures
  • Walk Test
  11 Scopus citations

• Psychosocial and cognitive health differences by caregiver status among older Mexican Americans

  Herrera, A. P., Mendez-Luck, C. A., Crist, J. D., Smith, M. L., Warre, R., Ory, M. G. & Markides, K., Feb 1 2013, In: Community Mental Health Journal. 49, 1, p. 61-72 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Caregivers
  • caregiver
  • caregiving
  • Health
  32 Scopus citations

• Socioeconomic deprivation as a determinant of cancer mortality and the Hispanic paradox in Texas, USA

  Philips, B. U., Belasco, E., Markides, K. S. & Gong, G., 2013, In: International Journal for Equity in Health. 12, 1, 26.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hispanic Americans
  • Mortality
  • African Americans
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Neoplasms
  27 Scopus citations

• The effect of prevalent cardiovascular conditions on the association between alcohol consumption and mortality among older Mexican American men

  AlGhatrif, M., Markides, K. S., Kuo, Y. F., Ray, L. A. & Moore, A. A., Mar 2013, In: Ethnicity and Disease. 23, 2, p. 168-174 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Alcohol Drinking
  • Preexisting Condition Coverage
  • Mortality
  • Southwestern United States
  1 Scopus citations

• Variation in Older Americans Act Caregiver Service Use, Unmet Hours of Care, and Independence Among Hispanics, African Americans, and Whites

  Herrera, A. P., George, R., Angel, J. L., Markides, K. & Torres-Gil, F., Jan 2013, In: Home Health Care Services Quarterly. 32, 1, p. 35-56 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hispanic Americans
  • African Americans
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  • Caregivers
  • Respite Care
  12 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Aging, minority status, and disability

  Markides, K. & Rote, S., Dec 1 2014, In: Generations. 38, 4, p. 19-24 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  11 Scopus citations

• Aging, social relationships, and health among older immigrants

  Rote, S. & Markides, K., Apr 1 2014, In: Generations. 38, 1, p. 51-57 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • immigrant
  • Health
  • health
  • Social Conditions
  • living conditions
  15 Scopus citations

• Dedication special issue: the Copenhagen Aging and Midlife Biobank--in honor of Dr. Kirsten Avlund, director.

  Mendes de Leon, C. F. & Markides, K. S., Feb 2014, In: Journal of aging and health. 26, 1, p. 3-4 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Falls and cognitive decline in Mexican Americans 75 years and older

  Padubidri, A., Al Snih, S., Samper-Ternent, R., Markides, K. S., Ottenbacher, K. J. & Raji, M. A., Apr 22 2014, In: Clinical interventions in aging. 9, p. 719-726 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Accidental Falls
  • Mental Status and Dementia Tests
  • Depression
  12 Scopus citations

• Loneliness among very old Mexican Americans: Findings from the Hispanic established populations epidemiologic studies of the elderly

  Gerst-Emerson, K., Shovali, T. E. & Markides, K. S., Jul 2014, In: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 59, 1, p. 145-149 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Loneliness
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Elderly
  5 Scopus citations

• Nativity Status and Sources of Care Assistance Among Elderly Mexican-Origin Adults

  Angel, J. L., Rote, S. M., Brown, D. C., Angel, R. J. & Markides, K. S., Sep 2014, In: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 29, 3, p. 243-258 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Hispanic Americans
  • assistance
  • Elderly
  • Caregivers
  • caregiver
  24 Scopus citations

• Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Problem Drinking Among Older Mexican American Men: Results from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly

  Stroope, S., Martinez, B. C., Eschbach, K., Peek, M. & Markides, K., Aug 9 2014, In: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 17, 4, p. 1055-1060 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Drinking
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Elderly
  8 Scopus citations

• Role of physical activity in reducing cognitive decline in older mexican-american adults

  Ottenbacher, A. J., Snih, S. A., Bindawas, S. M., Markides, K. S., Graham, J. E., Samper-Ternent, R., Raji, M. & Ottenbacher, K. J., Sep 1 2014, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 62, 9, p. 1786-1791 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Exercise
  • Cognition
  • Mental Status and Dementia Tests
  11 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Aging and health in Mexican Americans: Selected findings from the hispanic epese

  Markides, K. S., Samper Ternent, R. & Snih, S. A., Jan 1 2015, Race and Social Problems-Restructuring Inequality. Springer New York, p. 171-186 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Mexican Americans
  • Hispanic Americans
  • disability
  • Health
  • health
  5 Scopus citations

• Aging and Health in Mexican Americans: Selected findings from the Hispanic EPESE: Restructuring inequality

  Markides, K. S., Samper-Ternent, R., Al Snih, S. & Al Snih Al Snih, S., 2015, Handbook of Race and Social Problems: Restructuring inequality. Bangs, R. & Davis, L. E. (eds.). p. 171-186

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  5 Scopus citations

• Association between Lower Extremity Performance and Health-Related Quality of Life in Elderly Mexican Americans

  Bindawas, S. M., Al Snih, S., Ottenbacher, A. J., Graham, J., Protas, E. E., Markides, K. S. & Ottenbacher, K. J., Oct 1 2015, In: Journal of aging and health. 27, 6, p. 1026-1045 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Lower Extremity
  • quality of life
  • Physical Functional Performance
  • Elderly
  4 Scopus citations

• Health of Elderly Mexican American Adults and Family Caregiver Distress

  Rote, S., Angel, J. L. & Markides, K., Apr 16 2015, In: Research on Aging. 37, 3, p. 306-331 26 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Caregivers
  • caregiver
  • Elderly
  • Health
  27 Scopus citations

• Migration and Health

  Rote, S. & Markides, K., Mar 26 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc., p. 407-410 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • migration
  • health
  • immigrant
  • migrant
  • society

• Sex, Nativity, and Disability in Older Mexican Americans

  Nam, S., Al Snih, S. & Markides, K. S., Dec 1 2015, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63, 12, p. 2596-2600 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Mobility Limitation
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  13 Scopus citations

• Trajectories of depressive symptoms in elderly Mexican Americans

  Rote, S., Chen, N. W. & Markides, K., Jul 1 2015, In: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 63, 7, p. 1324-1330 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Elderly
  • Depression
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  • Southwestern United States
  14 Scopus citations
• 2017

  A concordance of self-reported and performance-based assessments of mobility as a mortality predictor for older Mexican Americans

  Nam, S., Al Snih, S. & Markides, K. S., Mar 1 2017, In: Geriatrics and Gerontology International. 17, 3, p. 433-439 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • mortality
  • Mortality
  • Hispanic Americans
  6 Scopus citations

• A longitudinal study of cognitive trajectories in Mexican Americans age 75 and older

  Downer, B., Chen, N. W., Raji, M. & Markides, K. S., Oct 2017, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 32, 10, p. 1122-1130 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Cognition
  • Memory
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  6 Scopus citations

• Changes in depressive symptoms during widowhood among older Mexican Americans: the role of financial strain, social support, and church attendance

  Monserud, M. A. & Markides, K. S., Jun 3 2017, In: Aging and Mental Health. 21, 6, p. 586-594 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Widowhood
  • Mexican Americans
  • Social Support
  • Depression
  • Bereavement
  7 Scopus citations

• Coordination Impairments Are Associated With Falling Among Older Adults

  James, E. G., Leveille, S. G., Hausdorff, J. M., Barton, B., Cote, S., Karabulut, M., Conatser, P., Kennedy, D. N., Tucker, K. L., Al Snih, S., Markides, K. S. & Bean, J. F., Oct 20 2017, In: Experimental Aging Research. 43, 5, p. 430-439 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ataxia
  • Impairment
  • Gait
  • Accidental Falls
  • Ankle
  8 Scopus citations

• Exportation and Validation of Latent Constructs for Dementia Case Finding in a Mexican American Population-based Cohort

  Royall, D. R., Palmer, R. F. & Markides, K. S., Nov 1 2017, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 72, 6, p. 947-955 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Mexican Americans
  • dementia
  • Dementia
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Epidemiologic Studies
  7 Scopus citations