title: Exploring risk factors in Latino cardiovascular disease: the role of education, nativity, and gender.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We examined 3 cardiovascular disease risk factors by nativity and gender, evaluating evidence for education and health behaviors in explaining the "Hispanic Health Paradox."
  
  
  METHODS
  We analyzed 2001-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data for adults (n = 6032) to compare hypertension, high waist circumference, and diabetes for US- and foreign-born Mexican men and women. We controlled for age, depression, and health insurance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Cardiovascular disease risk factors differed by education, nativity, and gender. Higher education was associated with higher odds of hypertension and high waist circumference for men and women regardless of nativity. As education increased, the odds of diabetes increased for US-born women, showing a gradient for this population. Finally, foreign-born Mexican women with 5 to 19 years in the United States conferred the highest odds of having diabetes, whereas foreign-born men with less than 5 years in the United States had the lowest odds for high waist circumference and presence of diabetes.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results contest assumptions of the Hispanic Health Paradox and suggest new approaches. New research can yield accurate information to ensure the development of appropriate interventions, decreasing health disparities endemic to a subgroup of Latinos.
authors.affiliation: Gniesha Y. Dinwiddie is with the African American Studies Department and the Maryland Population Research Center, University of Maryland, College Park. Ruth E. Zambrana is with the Department of Women's Studies and the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, University of Maryland, College Park. Mary A. Garza is with the Department of Behavioral and Community Health and the Maryland Center for Health Equity, University of Maryland, College Park.
authors.forename: Gniesha Y
authors.initials: GY
authors.lastname: Dinwiddie
authors.forename: Ruth E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Zambrana
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Garza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
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