The paradox does not fit all: Racial disparities in asthma among Mexican Americans in the U.S.

ABSTRACT: Mexican Americans have a lower prevalence of asthma than White Americans, Black Americans, and Other Hispanics. This is concordant with the Hispanic Paradox, which posits that Hispanics have good health and lower mortality than White Americans despite their relative socioeconomic disadvantages. However, the research is limited in relation to the effects of race on health, independent of ethnicity, among this population. In this study, the author disaggregated Mexican Americans, foreign-born and U.S.-born into two categories, White and Black Mexicans, in order to assess their likelihood of having an asthma diagnosis, compared to White Americans and to each other. This study used harmonized data from the National Health Interview Survey from 2000-2018 with a final analytic sample of N = 1,09

SUBMITTER: Marquez-Velarde G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7703920 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature