title: Diabetes risk factors in Mexican Americans with diabetes.
abstract: Diabetes and diabetes-related risk factors increase the risk of diabetes complications, particularly if the disease is controlled poorly. Three diabetes risk factors were examined in this study: obesity (body mass index), hypertension (systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure), and hyperlipidemia (cholesterol and triglyceride). The Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1982-1984), the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2000, and NHANES 2001-2002 were utilized to examine and compare trends and differences in diabetes-related risk factor variables in Mexican Americans with diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Hunter College, Hunter-Bellevue School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aponte
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology