Liver disease, heart failure, and 13-year mortality among Mexican American older adults: Nativity differences.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To examine nativity differences of co-occurring liver disease (LD) and heart failure (HF) on 13-year mortality among Mexican American older adults.

Methods

Prospective cohort study of 1601 Mexican Americans aged ≥ 75 years from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (2004/05-2016). Participants were grouped into four groups: no LD and no HF (n = 1138), LD only (n = 53), HF only (n = 382), and both LD and HF (n = 28). We used Cox proportional hazards regression model to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) of death over time.

Results

The HR of death, as a function of HF only, was 1.32 (95% CI=1.07-1.62) among US-born and 1.36 (95% CI=1.04-1.78) among foreign-born participants, vs. those with no

SUBMITTER: Thomas J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11192853 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature