Rafael Samper-Ternent

Mar 27, 2025 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Kanwal N. Momin |Connor Sheehan |Rafael Samper-Ternent |David Lopez |David López

OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between insomnia and obesity in Mexican adults aged 50 and older. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used data from the Mexican Health and Aging Study (2015-2018). Self-reported insomnia was measured using the modified insomnia severity index with scores ranging from zero to six. Obesity was categorized using body mass index (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2). We used generalized estimating equations to assess the association between insomnia and obesity over three years.

Mar 27, 2025 | digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu | Rafael Samper-Ternent |Rebeca Wong |Neil Mehta |Jesús-Daniel Zazueta-Borboa

OBJECTIVES: Diabetes prevalence has increased markedly in Mexico. We examined the individual and joint contributions of economic disadvantage during childhood (EDDC) and elevated body weight on diabetes prevalence in 3 cohorts of Mexican adults. METHODS: Data on those 60-69 years old from the 1930-1939, 1940-1949, and 1950-1959 birth cohorts in Waves 1 (2001), 3 (2012), and 5 (2018) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study were used.