Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Health Characteristics of Mexicans and Mexican Americans Aged 80 and Above During 2000–2001 and 2010–2012.

Characteristic	2000–2001 cohort		2010–2012 cohort
	MHAS (n = 761)	HEPESE (n = 666)	MHAS (n = 1,426)	HEPESE (n = 979)
Age, M (SD)	84.7 (4.5)	84.9 (4.4)	84.8 (4.4)	85.8 (4.0)
		L
Male	329 (43.2)	237 (35.6)	619 (43.4)	343 (35.0)
Female	432 (56.8)	429 (64.4)	807 (56.6)	636 (65.0)
Education, n (%)*
0 years	354 (46.5)	134 (20.1)	549 (38.5)	159 (16.2)
1–6 years	337 (44.3)	374 (56.2)	726 (50.9)	533 (54.4)
7+ years	70 (9.2)	158 (23.7)	151 (10.6)	287 (29.3)
Marital status, n (%)
Married	273 (35.9)	220 (33.0)	501 (35.1)	324 (33.1)
Not married	81 (10.6)	71 (10.7)	150 (10.5)	65 (6.6)
Widowed	407 (53.5)	375 (56.3)	775 (54.3)	590 (60.3)
Arthritis, n (%)*
No	541 (71.1)	292 (43.8)	1,130 (79.2)	336 (34.3)
Yes	220 (28.9)	374 (56.2)	296 (20.8)	643 (65.7)
Diabetes, n (%)*
No	650 (85.4)	485 (72.8)	1,192 (83.6)	626 (63.9)
Yes	111 (14.6)	181 (27.2)	234 (16.4)	353 (36.1)
Hypertension, n (%)*
No	433 (56.9)	331 (49.7)	728 (51.1)	252 (25.7)
Yes	328 (43.1)	335 (50.3)	698 (48.9)	727 (74.3)
Heart attack, n (%)
No	713 (93.7)	611 (91.7)	1,351 (94.7)	882 (90.1)
Yes	48 (6.3)	55 (8.3)	75 (5.3)	97 (9.9)
Stroke, n (%)
No	725 (95.3)	621 (93.2)	1,354 (95.0)	875 (89.4)
Yes	36 (4.7)	45 (6.8)	72 (5.0)	104 (10.6)
ADL disability, n (%)
No	476 (62.5)	427 (64.1)	799 (56.0)	493 (50.4)
Yes	285 (37.5)	239 (35.9)	627 (44.0)	486 (49.6)

Note. Not married includes participants who were divorced, separated, or single/never married. Percentages based on column total. ADL = activities of daily living; MHAS = Mexican Health and Aging Study; HEPESE = Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly.

^*p < .05.