Understanding ethnic and nativity-related differences in low cardiovascular risk status among Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic Whites

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 597-602

  Kershaw, Kiarri N ^a   Greenlund, Kurt J ^b   Stamler, Jeremiah ^a   Shay, Christina M ^c   Daviglus, Martha L ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Cardiovascular; Health disparities; Hispanics Latinos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84872380856     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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