Health-Related Conditions and Depression in Elderly Mexican American and Non-Hispanic White Residents of a United States-Mexico Border County: Moderating Effects of Educational Attainment

Table 2

Prevalence of health-related conditions for elderly Mexican Americans (N = 799) and Non-Hispanic whites (N = 353) with odds ratios^a.

	Prevalence of condition					Prevalence of condition
Condition	MA%	NHW%	Odds ratio	95% CI	Condition	MA%	NHW%	Odds ratio	95% CI
Cut back activities	33.8***	22.6	1.75	1.31 2.34	Stayed in bed	18.9***	10.0	2.10	1.42 3.11
Tremor/Unusual movement	22.4***	12.5	2.02	1.41 2.89	Shortness of breath	24.9	21.9	1.18	0.87 1.59
Cardiovascular disease	13.5*	19.4	0.64	0.46 0.90	Hypertension	52.9	56.3	0.88	0.68 1.13
Diabetes mellitus	30.5***	11.7	3.31	2.31 4.47	Stroke	10.3	11.1	0.92	0.61 1.37
Broken hip	4.3	5.4	0.78	0.44 1.39	Cancer	10.5***	25.3	0.35	0.25 0.48
Arthritis	48.5**	57.4	0.70	0.54 0.90	Urinary incontinence	17.9	14.8	1.26	0.89 1.78
Bowel incontinence	8.3***	3.7	2.36	1.28 4.34

^aOdds ratios greater than 1 signify a higher Mexican American prevalence.
* P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001.