Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in First and Second Generation Mexican-Americans

Autor: Mei Leng, Leo S. Morales, José J. Escarce
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
Předmět:
Gerontology
Male
Aging
Multivariate analysis
Epidemiology
Cross-sectional study
Health Behavior
030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Cardiovascular
0302 clinical medicine
Cohort Effect
030212 general & internal medicine
Young adult
Framingham Risk Score
Hispanic or Latino
Psuedo-cohort
Middle Aged
Cardiovascular disease
Nutrition Surveys
3. Good health
Heart Disease
Cohort effect
Cardiovascular Diseases
Public Health and Health Services
Female
Public Health
Hispanic Americans
Risk assessment
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Emigrants and Immigrants
Risk Assessment
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Clinical Research
Diabetes mellitus
Immigrants
Tobacco
medicine
Humans
Aged
Original Paper
Tobacco Smoke and Health
business.industry
Prevention
Public health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
medicine.disease
United States
Good Health and Well Being
Cross-Sectional Studies
Risk factors
business
Demography
Mexican-American
Zdroj: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Journal of immigrant and minority health, vol 13, iss 1
ISSN: 1557-1920
1557-1912
Popis: This study examines the cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profiles of first generation (FG) and second generation (SG) Mexican-Americans (MA) in two large national studies--the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Study (HHANES) (1982-1984) and the National Health and Examination Study (NHANES) (1999-2004). The main outcome measures were five individual risk indicators of CVD (total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, hypertension, diabetes, and smoking) and a composite measure (the Framingham Risk Score [FRS]). The analyses included cross-survey (pseudocohort) and within-survey (cross-sectional) comparisons. In multivariate analyses, SG men had higher rates of hypertension and lower rates of smoking than FG men; and SG women had lower total cholesterol levels, higher rates of hypertension, and lower rates of smoking than FG women. There was no generational difference in the FRS in men or women. The cross-survey comparisons detected generational differences in CVD risk factors not detected in within-survey comparisons, particularly among MA women. Future studies of generational differences in risk should consider using pseudocohort comparisons when possible.
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