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• 2020

  Associations between spousal caregiving and health among older adults in Mexico: A targeted estimation approach

  Torres, J. M., Mitchell, U. A., Sofrygin, O., Rudolph, K. E., López-Ortega, M., Sharif, M. Z., Wong, R. & Glymour, M. M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

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

  • Mexico
  • Spouses
  • Health
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Caregivers

• Health Care Expenditures and Utilization Among Older Mexican Adults

  Avila, J. C., Kaul, S. & Wong, R., Jun 1 2020, In: Journal of aging and health. 32, 5-6, p. 269-277 9 p.

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

  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care
  • Health Expenditures
  • expenditures
  • utilization
  • health care
  1 Scopus citations

• Impact of Diabetes and Disease Duration on Work Status Among U.S. Older Adults

  Mutambudzi, M., Gonzalez Gonzalez, C. & Wong, R., Jun 1 2020, In: Journal of aging and health. 32, 5-6, p. 432-440 9 p.

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

  • chronic illness
  • Retirement
  • Workforce
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Logistic Models
  3 Scopus citations

• Quantifying Lifecourse Drivers of International Migration: A Cross-national Analysis of Mexico and the United States

  Zeki Al Hazzouri, A., Zhang, L., Murchland, A. R., Grasset, L., Torres, J. M., Jones, R. N., Wong, R. & Glymour, M. M., 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Epidemiology. p. 50-60 11 p.

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

  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Mexico
  • Health
  • Retirement
  • Weights and Measures

• Recovery from physical limitations among older Mexican adults

  Díaz-Venegas, C. & Wong, R., Nov 1 2020, In: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 91, 104208.

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

  • chronic condition
  • Baseline surveys
  • Depression
  • physical disability
  • dying
  1 Scopus citations

• The Mexican Cognitive Aging Ancillary Study (Mex-Cog): Study Design and Methods

  Mejia-Arango, S., Nevarez, R., Michaels-Obregon, A., Trejo-Valdivia, B., Mendoza-Alvarado, L. R., Sosa-Ortiz, A. L., Martinez-Ruiz, A. & Wong, R., Nov 1 2020, In: Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 91, 104210.

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

  • Cognitive Aging
  • Dementia
  • Mexico
  • National Institute on Aging (U.S.)
  • Cognition
  1 Scopus citations

• The sequence of physical and cognitive impairment and the association with mortality among unimpaired older mexican adults

  Downer, B., Milani, S. & Wong, R., 2020, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 75, 7, p. 1386-1392 7 p.

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

  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Mortality
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Health
  • Proportional Hazards Models

• Trends in Positive BRCA Test Results Among Older Women in the United States, 2008-2018

  Guo, F., Scholl, M., Fuchs, E. L., Wong, R., Kuo, Y. F. & Berenson, A. B., Nov 2 2020, In: JAMA network open. 3, 11, p. e2024358

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

  Open Access

  • Ovarian Neoplasms
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Datasets
  • Logistic Models
  • Electronic Health Records

• US Migration status of adult children and cognitive decline among older parents who remain in Mexico

  Torres, J. M., Sofrygin, O., Rudolph, K. E., Haan, M. N., Wong, R. & Maria Glymour, M., Aug 1 2020, In: American journal of epidemiology. 189, 8, p. 761-769 9 p.

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

  • Adult Children
  • Mexico
  • Income
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Parents
  2 Scopus citations
• 2019

  Chronic Comorbidities and Receipt of Breast Cancer Screening in United States and Foreign-Born Women: Data from the National Health Interview Survey

  Cofie, L. E., Hirth, J. M., Berenson, A. B. & Wong, R., May 2019, In: Journal of Women's Health. 28, 5, p. 583-590 8 p.

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

  • Health Surveys
  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Comorbidity
  • Interviews
  • Breast Neoplasms
  1 Scopus citations

• Chronic Respiratory Disease and Cognitive Impairment in Older Mexican Adults

  Veeranki, S., Downer, B., Jupiter, D., Kuo, Y. F., Raji, M., Calhoun, W. & Wong, R., Nov 1 2019, In: Neurology India. 67, 6, p. 1539-1542 4 p.

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

  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Chronic Disease
  • Logistic Models
  • Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
  • Odds Ratio

• Comparisons of the Association of Family and Social Factors With Functional Limitations Across the United States, Mexico, and South Korea: Findings From the HRS Family of Surveys

  Hong, I., Pryor, L., Wong, R., Ottenbacher, K. J. & Reistetter, T. A., 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of aging and health.

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

  • Republic of Korea
  • Mexico
  • South Korea
  • social factors
  • Retirement

• Expansion of disability across successive Mexican birth cohorts: A longitudinal modelling analysis of birth cohorts born 10 years apart

  Payne, C. F. & Wong, R., Jan 1 2019, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

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

  Open Access

  • Life Expectancy
  • Cohort Studies
  • Parturition
  • Mexico
  • Activities of Daily Living
  1 Scopus citations

• Having an Adult Child in the United States, Physical Functioning, and Unmet Needs for Care among Older Mexican Adults

  Torres, J. M., Rudolph, K. E., Sofrygin, O., Wong, R., Walter, L. C. & Glymour, M. M., Jul 1 2019, In: Epidemiology. 30, 4, p. 553-560 8 p.

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

  • Adult Children
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Parents
  • Mexico
  1 Scopus citations

• Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Differences in Cognitive Life Expectancies among Older Adults in the United States

  Garcia, M. A., Downer, B., Chiu, C. T., Saenz, J. L., Rote, S. & Wong, R., Mar 14 2019, In: Gerontologist. 59, 2, p. 281-289 9 p.

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

  • Life Expectancy
  • Dementia
  • Hispanic Americans
  • African Continental Ancestry Group
  • European Continental Ancestry Group
  17 Scopus citations

• The effect of educational attainment on cognition of older adults: results from the Mexican Health and Aging Study 2001 and 2012

  Díaz-Venegas, C., Samper-Ternent, R., Michaels-Obregón, A. & Wong, R., Nov 2 2019, In: Aging and Mental Health. 23, 11, p. 1586-1594 9 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Cognition
  • Health
  • Verbal Learning
  • Education
  • Mexico
  2 Scopus citations
• 2017

  Arthritis and Risk of Cognitive and Functional Impairment in Older Mexican Adults

  Veeranki, S. P., Downer, B., Jupiter, D. & Wong, R., Apr 1 2017, In: Journal of aging and health. 29, 3, p. 454-473 20 p.

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

  • functional impairment
  • cognitive impairment
  • dementia
  • Arthritis
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  4 Scopus citations

• Association between obesity and serum 25(OH)D concentrations in older Mexican adults

  Rontoyanni, V. G., Avila, J. C., Kaul, S., Wong, R. & Veeranki, S. P., Feb 1 2017, In: Nutrients. 9, 2, 97.

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

  • obesity
  • Overweight
  • Obesity
  • confidence interval
  • Serum
  7 Scopus citations

• Association of arthritis and vitamin D insufficiency with physical disability in Mexican older adults: findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

  Valderrama-Hinds, L. M., Al Snih, S., Rodriguez, M. A. & Wong, R., Apr 1 2017, In: Rheumatology International. 37, 4, p. 607-616 10 p.

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

  • Vitamin D
  • Arthritis
  • Health
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Extremities
  5 Scopus citations

• Cohort profile: The Mexican Health and aging study (MHAS)

  Wong, R., Michaels-Obregon, A. & Palloni, A., 2017, In: International journal of epidemiology. 46, 2, e2.

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

  • Health
  • Retirement
  • Mexico
  • Documentation
  • Information Storage and Retrieval
  77 Scopus citations

• Development and validation of a 10-year mortality prediction model: Meta-analysis of individual participant data from five cohorts of older adults in developed and developing countries

  Suemoto, C. K., Ueda, P., Beltrán-Sánchez, H., Lebrão, M. L., Duarte, Y. A., Wong, R. & Danaei, G., 2017, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 72, 3, p. 410-416 7 p.

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

  • Developed Countries
  • Developing Countries
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Mortality
  • Retirement
  18 Scopus citations

• Family size and old-age wellbeing: Effects of the fertility transition in Mexico

  Díaz-Venegas, C., Sáenz, J. L. & Wong, R., Mar 1 2017, In: Ageing and Society. 37, 3, p. 495-516 22 p.

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

  • Fertility Transition
  • Old Age
  • Cohort
  • family size
  • Mexico
  4 Scopus citations

• How the Growing Gap in Life Expectancy May Affect Retirement Benefits and Reforms

  Auerbach, A. J., Charles, K. K., Coile, C. C., Gale, W., Goldman, D., Lee, R., Lucas, C. M., Orszag, P. R., Sheiner, L. M., Tysinger, B., Weil, D. N., Wolfers, J. & Wong, R., Jul 1 2017, In: Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice. 42, 3, p. 475-499 25 p.

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

  • Life Expectancy
  • Retirement
  • Income Distribution
  • Social Security Reform
  • Birth Cohort
  10 Scopus citations

• Preventive services use among female survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer

  Avila, J. C., Kuo, Y. F., Rodriguez, A. M., Wong, R. & Kaul, S., 2017, In: Journal of Cancer Survivorship. 11, p. 167-174 8 p.

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

  • Survivors
  • Young Adult
  • Tooth
  • Odds Ratio
  • Blood Pressure
  4 Scopus citations

• Projecting diabetes prevalence among Mexicans aged 50 years and older: The Future Elderly Model-Mexico (FEM-Mexico)

  Gonzalez-Gonzalez, C., Tysinger, B., Goldman, D. P. & Wong, R., Oct 1 2017, In: BMJ open. 7, 10, e017330.

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

  • Mexico
  • Elderly
  • Health
  • Incidence
  • Population
  8 Scopus citations
• 2016

  A Late Life Risk Index for Severe Cognitive Impairment in Mexico

  Downer, B., Veeranki, S. P. & Wong, R., Apr 26 2016, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 52, 1, p. 191-203 13 p.

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

  • Mexico
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Dementia
  • Health
  • Income
  4 Scopus citations

• Educational Gradients and Pathways of Disability Onset Among Older Mexicans

  Saenz, J. L. & Wong, R., Apr 1 2016, In: Research on Aging. 38, 3, p. 299-321 23 p.

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

  • disability
  • Health
  • health
  • Parturition
  • Education
  6 Scopus citations

• Introduction to Special Issue

  Wong, R., Angel, J. L. & Riosmena, F., Apr 1 2016, In: Research on Aging. 38, 3, p. 259-262 4 p.

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

• Muscle Weakness Is Associated With Diabetes in Older Mexicans: The Mexican Health and Aging Study

  Peterson, M. D., McGrath, R., Zhang, P., Markides, K. S., Al Snih, S. & Wong, R., Oct 1 2016, In: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 17, 10, p. 933-938 6 p.

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

  • Muscle Weakness
  • Hand Strength
  • Health
  • Waist Circumference
  • Hand
  19 Scopus citations

• Prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and diabetes among Mexican adults: Findings from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

  Kumar, A., Wong, R., Ottenbacher, K. J. & Al Snih, S., Mar 1 2016, In: Annals of Epidemiology. 26, 3, p. 163-170 8 p.

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

  • Prediabetic State
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Health
  • Cholesterol
  • Waist-Hip Ratio
  19 Scopus citations

• Racial and ethnic differences in cognitive function among older adults in the USA

  Díaz-Venegas, C., Downer, B., Langa, K. M. & Wong, R., Sep 1 2016, In: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 31, 9, p. 1004-1012 9 p.

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

  • Cognition
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Education
  • Age Groups
  • Retirement
  38 Scopus citations

• Self-Reported Health and Functional Characteristics of Mexican and Mexican American Adults Aged 80 and over

  Downer, B., Chen, N. W., Wong, R. & Markides, K. S., Oct 1 2016, In: Journal of aging and health. 28, 7, p. 1239-1255 17 p.

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

  • Mexican Americans
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Health
  • Hispanic Americans
  • health
  5 Scopus citations

• SES Gradients Among Mexicans in the United States and in Mexico: A New Twist to the Hispanic Paradox?

  Beltrán-Sánchez, H., Palloni, A., Riosmena, F. & Wong, R., Oct 1 2016, In: Demography. 53, 5, p. 1555-1581 27 p.

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

  • Mexico
  • social status
  • migrant
  • health
  • experience
  13 Scopus citations

• The Effect of Undiagnosed Diabetes on the Association between Self-Reported Diabetes and Cognitive Impairment among Older Mexican Adults

  Downer, B., Kumar, A., Mehta, H., Al Snih, S. & Wong, R., Nov 1 2016, In: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias. 31, 7, p. 564-569 6 p.

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

  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Logistic Models
  • Odds Ratio
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Health
  3 Scopus citations

• The progression of disability among older adults in Mexico

  Díaz-Venegas, C., Reistetter, T. A., Wang, C. Y. & Wong, R., Sep 24 2016, In: Disability and Rehabilitation. 38, 20, p. 2016-2027 12 p.

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

  • Mexico
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Developing Countries
  • Disability Studies
  • Mobility Limitation
  7 Scopus citations

• Trajectories of limitations in activities of daily living among older adults in Mexico, 2001-2012

  Díaz-Venegas, C. & Wong, R., Jul 1 2016, In: Disability and Health Journal. 9, 3, p. 524-532 9 p.

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

  • Mexico
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Elderly
  • Education
  • Public Policy
  8 Scopus citations
• 2015

  Adult obesity, disease and longevity in Mexico

  Palloni, A., Beltrán-Sánchez, H., Novak, B., Pinto, G. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S22-S30

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

  Open Access

  • Mexico
  • Longevity
  • Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
  • Obesity
  • Mortality
  13 Scopus citations

• A life course approach to mortality in Mexico

  Saenz, J. L. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S46-S53

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

  Open Access

  • Mexico
  • Social Class
  • Education
  • Mortality
  • Developing Countries

• Costs of breast cancer care in Mexico: Analysis of two insurance coverage scenarios

  González-Robledo, M. C., Wong, R., Ornelas, H. A. & Knaul, F. M., Oct 28 2015, In: ecancermedicalscience. 9, 587.

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

  • Insurance Coverage
  • Mexico
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Costs and Cost Analysis
  • Social Security
  5 Scopus citations

• Cross-national differences in disability among elders: Transitions in disability in Mexico and the United States

  Gerst-Emerson, K., Wong, R., Michaels-Obregon, A. & Palloni, A., 2015, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 70, 5, p. 759-768 10 p.

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

  • national differences
  • Mexico
  • disability
  • Retirement
  • Health
  11 Scopus citations

• Depressive Symptoms Among Older Mexicans: The Role of Widowhood, Gender, and Social Integration

  Monserud, M. A. & Wong, R., Nov 1 2015, In: Research on Aging. 37, 8, p. 856-886 31 p.

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

  • Widowhood
  • social integration
  • Depression
  • gender
  • Social Networking
  12 Scopus citations

• Impacto de la salud: Análisis longitudinal del empleo en edad media y avanzada en México

  González-González, C. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Papeles de Poblacion. 20, 81, p. 89-120 32 p.

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

  • old age
  • Mexico
  • labor force participation
  • health
  • heart disease
  1 Scopus citations

• Introduction

  Gutiérrez Robledo, L. M., Palloni, A., Téllez Rojo, M. M. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Salud Publica de Mexico. 57, p. S2-S5

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

• Introduction

  Gutiérrez Robledo, L. M., Palloni, A., Téllez Rojo, M. M. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S2-S5

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

  Open Access

• Introduction

  Robledo, L. M. G., Palloni, A., Rojo, M. M. T. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S2-S5

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
  1 Scopus citations

• Mortality and its association with chronic and infectious diseases in Mexico: A panel data analysis of the elderly

  González-González, C., Palloni, A. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S39-S45

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

  • Mexico
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Data Analysis
  • Chronic Disease
  • Elderly
  4 Scopus citations

• Normative and standardized data for cognitive measures in the Mexican health and aging study

  Mejía-Arango, S., Wong, R. & Michaels-Obregón, A., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S90-S96

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

  Open Access

  • Memory
  • Education
  • Orientation
  • Health
  • Verbal Learning
  22 Scopus citations

• Progression of aging in Mexico: The Mexican health and aging study (MHAS) 2012

  Wong, R., Michaels-Obregón, A., Palloni, A., Gutiérrez-Robledo, L. M., González-González, C., López-Ortega, M., Téllez-Rojo, M. M. & Mendoza-Alvarado, L. R., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S79-S89

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

  Open Access

  • Mexico
  • Health
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Life Cycle Stages
  • Health Behavior
  19 Scopus citations

• Transitions in activities of daily living in Mexico, 2001-2012

  Díaz-Venegas, C., De La Vega, S. & Wong, R., 2015, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 57, p. S54-S61

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

  Open Access

  • Mexico
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Public Policy
  • Health Policy
  • Health
  6 Scopus citations
• 2014

  Does the Hispanic Paradox in U.S. Adult Mortality Extend to Disability?

  Hayward, M. D., Hummer, R. A., Chiu, C. T., González-González, C. & Wong, R., Jan 2014, In: Population Research and Policy Review. 33, 1, p. 81-96 16 p.

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

  • disability
  • mortality
  • life expectancy
  • document
  • life table
  67 Scopus citations