title: Household food insecurity, diabetes and hypertension among Mexican adults: results from Ensanut 2012.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the independent association of household food insecurity (HFI) with diabetes and hypertension in a nationally representative cross-sectional sample from Mexico.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed the association between HFI and self-reported doctor diagnosed diabetes and hypertension among 32 320 adult individuals using multiple logistic regression. HFI was measured using an adapted version for Mexico of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  HFI was a risk factor for diabetes among women but not men and for hypertension among both genders. Diabetes odds were higher by 31, 67 and 48%, among women living in mild, moderate, and severe food-insecure (vs. food-secure) households, respectively. Living in moderate to severe food-insecure (vs. food-secure) households was associated with hypertension odds that were 28 and 32% higher, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Decreasing HFI may help improve public health and national development in Mexico.
authors: Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, Estados Unidos de América.
authors: Rafael
authors: R
authors: Pérez-Escamilla
authors: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Salvador
authors: S
authors: Villalpando
authors: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México.
authors: Teresa
authors: T
authors: Shamah-Levy
authors: Centro de Investigación en Matemáticas A.C., Aguascalientes, México.
authors: Ignacio
authors: I
authors: Méndez-Gómez Humarán
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors