Ethnic Variation in the Association Between Objective and Subjective Health in Older Adults

Introduction: The African Americans’ health paradox can be defined as better subjective held of American individuals compared to White individuals, despite their higher objective and medical adversities such chronic conditions (CMCs). This phenomenon depicts relative resilience (advantage). However, most the existing literature on this topic is limited studies comparing Americans Whites. There little research, if any, among other ethnic groups. To fill gap in literature, study tests with consideration Latinos control group. Methods: cross-sectional collected demographic data, socioeconomic status, CMCs, 734 Latino older adults residing south Los Angeles. Logistic regression was used for data analysis. Results: 118 616 entered our study. Overall, a number CMCs associated lower health, however, statistically significant interaction between ethnicity suggested that association weaker than Latinos, which paradox. Conclusion: report same CMCs. finding indicative advantage