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  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

• Age of Migration Differentials in Life Expectancy with Cognitive Impairment: 20-Year Findings from the Hispanic-EPESE

  Garcia, M. A., Saenz, J. L., Downer, B., Chiu, C. T., Rote, S. & Wong, R., Sep 14 2018, In: Gerontologist. 58, 5, p. 894-903 10 p.

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

  • Life Expectancy
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Southwestern United States
  • Mexican Americans
  11 Scopus citations

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Chronic comorbidities and cervical cancer screening and adherence among US-born and foreign-born women

  Cofie, L., Hirth, J. M. & Wong, R., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In: Cancer Causes and Control.

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

  • Early Detection of Cancer
  • Uterine Cervical Neoplasms
  • Comorbidity
  • Papanicolaou Test
  • Obesity
  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

• Coexistence of Obesity and Anemia in Older Mexican Adults

  Samper-Ternent, R., Michaels-Obregon, A. & Wong, R., Mar 2012, In: Ageing International. 37, 1, p. 104-117 14 p.

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

  • coexistence
  • Anemia
  • Obesity
  • nutrition
  • Communicable Diseases
  10 Scopus citations

• Cognition and Context: Rural–Urban Differences in Cognitive Aging Among Older Mexican Adults

  Saenz, J. L., Downer, B., Garcia, M. A. & Wong, R., Jul 1 2018, In: Journal of aging and health. 30, 6, p. 965-986 22 p.

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

  • Cognitive Aging
  • rural area
  • cognition
  • Cognition
  • community size
  11 Scopus citations

• 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

• 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., Sep 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

• Cross-national health comparisons using the Rasch model: findings from the 2012 US Health and Retirement Study and the 2012 Mexican Health and Aging Study

  Hong, I., Reistetter, T. A., Díaz-Venegas, C., Michaels-Obregon, A. & Wong, R., Sep 1 2018, In: Quality of Life Research. 27, 9, p. 2431-2441 11 p.

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

  • Retirement
  • Health
  • Arthritis
  • Mexican Americans
  • Population
  2 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
  13 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., Mar 1 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
  19 Scopus citations

• Differences in the Progression of Disability: A U.S.-Mexico Comparison

  Díaz-Venegas, C., Reistetter, T. A. & Wong, R., Jun 14 2018, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 73, 5, p. 913-922 10 p.

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

  • Mexico
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Mobility Limitation
  • Retirement
  • disability
  5 Scopus citations

• Dynamics of Economic Security Among the Aging in Mexico: 2001–2012

  DeGraff, D. S., Wong, R. & Orozco-Rocha, K., Feb 1 2018, In: Population Research and Policy Review. 37, 1, p. 59-90 32 p.

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

  • income
  • Mexico
  • assets
  • economics
  • developing country
  2 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

• Efecto del Seguro Popular de Salud sobre los gastos catastróficos y empobrecedores en México, 2004-2012

  Knaul, F. M., Arreola-Ornelas, H., Wong, R., Lugo-Palacios, D. G. & Méndez-Carniado, O., 2018, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 60, 2, p. 130-140 11 p.

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

  • Mexico
  • Health Expenditures
  • Geography
  • Propensity Score
  • Health Insurance
  8 Scopus citations

• 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

• Falls in mexican older adults aged 60 years and older

  Valderrama-Hinds, L. M., Snih, S. A., Chen, N. W., Rodriguez, M. A. & Wong, R., Nov 2018, In: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research. 30, 11, p. 1345-1351 7 p.

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

  • Accidental Falls
  • Vertigo
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Health Care Costs
  5 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

• 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

• Health Insurance and the Aging: Evidence From the Seguro Popular Program in Mexico

  Parker, S. W., Saenz, J. & Wong, R., Feb 1 2018, In: Demography. 55, 1, p. 361-386 26 p.

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

  • health insurance
  • Mexico
  • rural area
  • health service
  • evidence
  6 Scopus citations

• HPV Vaccination Among Foreign-Born Women: Examining the National Health Interview Survey 2013–2015

  Cofie, L. E., Hirth, J. M., Guo, F., Berenson, A. B., Markides, K. & Wong, R., Jan 2018, In: American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 54, 1, p. 20-27 8 p.

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

  • Health Surveys
  • Vaccination
  • Interviews
  • Papillomavirus Vaccines
  • Health Insurance
  8 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

• Indoor air pollution and cognitive function among older Mexican adults

  Saenz, J. L., Wong, R. & Ailshire, J. A., Jan 2018, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 72, 1, p. 21-26 6 p.

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

  • Indoor Air Pollution
  • Cognition
  • Coal
  • Cooking
  • Mexico
  14 Scopus citations

• Lifetime Socioeconomic Status and Late-life Health Trajectories: Longitudinal Results from the Mexican Health and Aging Study

  Torres, J. M., Rizzo, S. & Wong, R., Jan 11 2018, In: Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 73, 2, p. 349-360 12 p.

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

  • Social Class
  • social status
  • Health
  • health
  • Mexico
  6 Scopus citations

• Longitudinal associations between having an adult child migrant and depressive symptoms among older adults in the mexican health and aging study

  Torres, J. M., Rudolph, K. E., Sofrygin, O., Maria Glymour, M. & Wong, R., Oct 1 2018, In: International journal of epidemiology. 47, 5, p. 1432-1442 11 p.

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

  • Adult Children
  • Depression
  • Health
  • Child
  • Mental Health
  3 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

• 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
  20 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

• Older adults under a mixed regime of infectious and chronic diseases

  Samper-Ternent, R., Michaels-Obregon, A., Wong, R. & Palloni, A., 2012, In: Salud publica de Mexico. 54, 5, p. 487-495 9 p.

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

  Open Access

  • Communicable Diseases
  • Chronic Disease
  • Health
  • Mexico
  • Public Health
  11 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

• 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

• 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
  20 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

• 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
  18 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

• Recent Returns from the United States : Health, wellbeing and vulnerability of older adults

  Riosmena, F., González-González, C. & Wong, R., 2012, In: Coyuntura Demográfica. 23, p. 1019-1026

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

• 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 adult children living in the United States on the likelihood of cognitive impairment for older parents living in Mexico

  Downer, B., González-González, C., Goldman, N., Pebley, A. R. & Wong, R., Jan 2 2018, In: Ethnicity and Health. 23, 1, p. 57-71 15 p.

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

  • Cognitive Impairment
  • Adult Children
  • cognitive impairment
  • Mexico
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  5 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

• 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

• The role of education in the association between race/ethnicity/nativity, cognitive impairment, and dementia among older adults in the United States

  Garcia, M. A., Saenz, J., Downer, B. & Wong, R., 2018, In: Demographic Research. 38, 1, p. 155-168 14 p.

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

  • cognitive impairment
  • dementia
  • ethnicity
  • education
  • telephone interview
  12 Scopus citations

• The Role of Education in the Relationship Between Age of Migration to the United States and Risk of Cognitive Impairment Among Older Mexican Americans

  Downer, B., Garcia, M. A., Saenz, J., Markides, K. S. & Wong, R., Jun 1 2018, In: Research on Aging. 40, 5, p. 411-431 21 p.

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

  • Mexican Americans
  • cognitive impairment
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • migration
  • Education
  13 Scopus citations