Factors associated with seven-year incidence of XXXX among older Mexican Americans.

@entity1 @entity2194 @entity8 @entity6 @entity2412
BACKGROUND: @entity6 is common in elderly @entity1 and is highly prevalent in Mexican Americans. Little is known about factors associated with the incidence of @entity2412 . OBJECTIVE: To examine the social, demographic and health factors associated with a 7-year incidence of @entity2412 among older Mexican Americans with @entity6 . METHODS: A 7-year prospective cohort of 536 non-institutionalized Mexican Americans aged > or =65 years with @entity6 residing in the Southwest of USA. Measures included socio-demographic factors, duration of @entity6 , @entity6 treatment, medical conditions and body mass index. @entity6 complications were assessed by self-reports of any kidney, eye and circulation problems or amputation due to @entity6 over a 7-year period. RESULTS: Subjects with disease duration of > or =10 years were found to have an increased incidence of kidney, eye and circulation problems or amputation over a 7-year period. Hazard ratio (HR) for circulation problems was significantly higher in foreign-born subjects with >15 years in the USA. Foreign-born subjects with <15 years in the USA and those with a frequent number of physician visits were at increased risk of @entity8 . @entity2194 had a higher HR for incidence of amputations in the next 7 years. Subjects with baseline circulation complications had a higher incidence of amputations, @entity8 in the next 7 years. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that risks of @entity2412 are influenced by different factors. Prolonged @entity6 duration, being foreign-born, living in the USA for a longer period, and frequent physician visits were factors associated with @entity2412 . Designing intervention strategies to reduce @entity2412 risks requires an understanding of the differences in demographic and health predictors of such risks.
