TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypertension in the San Antonio Heart Study and the Mexico City Diabetes Study
T2 - sociocultural correlates.
AU - Hazuda, H. P.
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PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - WE EXAMINED THE ASSOCIATION between sociocultural status (assimilation, modernization, and socioeconomic status) and blood pressure among people of Mexican origin living in San Antonio, Texas, and Mexico City. In San Antonio, higher levels of sociocultural status, especially education and structural assimilation, were generally associated with favorable blood pressure. In Mexico City, greater modernization had a consistently beneficial effect on blood pressure in women, but a consistently harmful effect in men. Higher education was associated with lower prevalence of hypertension and greater awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in both sexes.
AB - WE EXAMINED THE ASSOCIATION between sociocultural status (assimilation, modernization, and socioeconomic status) and blood pressure among people of Mexican origin living in San Antonio, Texas, and Mexico City. In San Antonio, higher levels of sociocultural status, especially education and structural assimilation, were generally associated with favorable blood pressure. In Mexico City, greater modernization had a consistently beneficial effect on blood pressure in women, but a consistently harmful effect in men. Higher education was associated with lower prevalence of hypertension and greater awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in both sexes.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8898764
AN - SCOPUS:0029681410
VL - 111 Suppl 2
SP - 18
EP - 21
JO - Public Health Reports
JF - Public Health Reports
SN - 0033-3539
ER -