BACKGROUND Due to the progressive aging of our population, it is imperative to evaluate the life conditions and health limitations of older people. AIM To report the results of an integral geriatric evaluation of Mexican older people. MATERIAL AND METHODS A cross-sectional assessment of 324 older subjects of a median age of 70 years (57% females) beneficiaries of the Mexican Institute of So...

The objective of this ecological study was to ascertain the effects of physical environment on life expectancy at birth, using data from all 32 Mexican states. 50 environmental indicators with information about demography, housing, poverty, water, soils, biodiversity, forestry resources, and residues were included in exploratory factor analysis. Four factors were extracted: population vulnerabi...

Although the Mexican-American elderly represent a large and rapidly growing subgroup of the ethnic aged, national prevalence data of major chronic diseases among this population are sparse. Data based on physical examinations from three older groups of the southwestern portion of the 1982-1984 Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were reviewed to determine rates of hyperten...

in this study, the effect of four citrus rootstocks {sour orange (citrus aurantium), bakraeii (c. reticulata × c. aurantium, mexican lime (c. aurantifolia) and volkamerlemon (c. volkameriana)} on orlando tangelo leaf chlorophyll content and mineral element concentrations (n, p, k, ca, na, mg, fe, zn, mn, cl, cu, and b) have been evaluated in completely randomized design with four replications. ...

BACKGROUND The older Hispanic population of the United States is growing rapidly. Hispanic older adults have relatively high-risk profiles for increased morbidity and disability, yet little is known about how the construct of frailty is related to health trajectories in this population. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between frailty and 10-year mortality i...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Although the Mexican population has a high predisposition to dyslipidemias and premature coronary artery disease, this population is underinvestigated for the genetic factors conferring the high susceptibility. This study attempted to determine these genetic factors. METHODS AND RESULTS First, we investigated apolipoprotein B (apoB) levels in Mexican extended families w...

OBJECTIVE The ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) R230C variant is associated with low HDL cholesterol levels, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome in Mexican-Mestizos. Because a pivotal role for ABCA1 in pancreatic beta-cell function was recently observed in the mouse model, we assessed the association of this variant with type 2 diabetes in this population. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHOD...

CONTEXT Insulin resistance is a major risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes in Pima Indians, a population with the highest prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the world. Their Mexican counterpart, living a traditional lifestyle in the mountains of Sonora, have at least 5 times less diabetes than the U.S. Pima Indians. OBJECTIVE We evaluated whether Mexican Pima Indians had ...

OBJECTIVE The prevalence of type 2 diabetes among Hispanic and Asian Americans is increasing. These groups are largely comprised of immigrants who may be undergoing behavioral and lifestyle changes associated with development of diabetes. We studied the association between acculturation and diabetes in a population sample of 708 Mexican-origin Hispanics, 547 non-Mexican-origin Hispanics, and 73...