Abstract
The present study sought to determine gender- and age-specific prevalences of chronic diseases in an urban Mexican American border community. The Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (CCHC; n = 2,000) was selected using a multistaged cluster design. Sociodemographics, anthropometric measures, and blood samples were collected on each participant. More women were obese (55.1%) than men (44.8%). Men had significantly higher rates of diabetes (20.4% for men vs. 15.8% for women,p
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Salinas, J., McCormick, J. B., Rentfro, A., Hanis, C., Md Hossain, M., & Fisher-Hoch, S. P. (2011). The Missing Men: High Risk of Disease in Men of Mexican Origin. American Journal of Men’s Health, 5(4), 332–340. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988310379390
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