Open AccessIndividual and Area-Based Indicators of Acculturation and the Metabolic Syndrome Among Low-Income Mexican American Women Living in a Border Region
Author(s) -
Karla Espinosa Monteros,
Linda C. Gallo,
John P. Elder,
Gregory A. Talavera
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2008.141903
Subject(s) - acculturation , odds , psychosocial , ethnic group , gerontology , medicine , demography , environmental health , socioeconomic status , odds ratio , population , logistic regression , metabolic syndrome , obesity , sociology , pathology , psychiatry , anthropology
We sought to examine the relationships between individual and area-based indicators of acculturation and metabolic syndrome (MetS) risk among a sample of Mexican American women living in the California-Baja California border region.