TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-Reported Health and Functional Characteristics of Mexican and Mexican American Adults Aged 80 and over
AU - Downer, Brian
AU - Chen, Nai Wei
AU - Wong, Rebeca
AU - Markides, Kyriakos S.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2015.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Objective: To examine the health and functional characteristics of Mexican and Mexican American adults aged ≥80. Method: Data came from Wave I (2001) and Wave III (2012) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), and Wave IV (2000-2001) and Wave VII (2010-2011) of the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (HEPESE). Results: In 2000-2001, diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, and stroke were higher in the HEPESE than in the MHAS. In the HEPESE, activities of daily living (ADL) difficulties and all health conditions, except heart attack, were greater in 2010-2011 than in 2000-2001. In the MHAS, hypertension and ADL difficulties were greater, and arthritis was lower in 2012 compared with 2001. In 2010-2011, all self-reported health conditions were higher in the HEPESE compared with the 2012 observation of the MHAS. Discussion: The observed differences may reflect worse health for Mexican Americans, health care access, reporting bias, and more selective survival to very old age in Mexico.
AB - Objective: To examine the health and functional characteristics of Mexican and Mexican American adults aged ≥80. Method: Data came from Wave I (2001) and Wave III (2012) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), and Wave IV (2000-2001) and Wave VII (2010-2011) of the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (HEPESE). Results: In 2000-2001, diabetes, arthritis, hypertension, and stroke were higher in the HEPESE than in the MHAS. In the HEPESE, activities of daily living (ADL) difficulties and all health conditions, except heart attack, were greater in 2010-2011 than in 2000-2001. In the MHAS, hypertension and ADL difficulties were greater, and arthritis was lower in 2012 compared with 2001. In 2010-2011, all self-reported health conditions were higher in the HEPESE compared with the 2012 observation of the MHAS. Discussion: The observed differences may reflect worse health for Mexican Americans, health care access, reporting bias, and more selective survival to very old age in Mexico.
KW - Hispanic health
KW - Mexican Americans
KW - Mexico
KW - aging
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U2 - 10.1177/0898264316656508
DO - 10.1177/0898264316656508
M3 - Article
C2 - 27590800
AN - SCOPUS:84985905939
SN - 0898-2643
VL - 28
SP - 1239
EP - 1255
JO - Journal of aging and health
JF - Journal of aging and health
IS - 7
ER -