Kyriakos S Markides
Biographic Data
| ID | 3811089 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kyriakos S Markides |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kyriakos S |
| FAMILY NAME | Markides |
| SIGNATURE | MARKIDES K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 87 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 388 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 86 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 12 |
Sensory Difficulty and Assistive Device Use Among Older U.S. Immigrants: Differences by Region of Origin
U.S. immigrants are aging faster than their U.S.-born counterparts, though little is known about their sensory difficulty and assistive device use patterns, particularly by region of origin which reflects pre- and post-migration exposures. We compiled 2012-2018 National Health Interview Survey data on foreign-born respondents ages 65+ (n = 6,278) to independently predict odds of hearing and visual difficulty, as well as use of hearing aids and gl…
Disability Among Middle Aged and Older Immigrants: Differences by Citizenship, English Proficiency, and Years in United States
ObjectivesUnited States (U.S.) immigrants are rapidly aging, although little is known on how acculturation influences their disability risk.MethodsWe pooled 2000-2018 data ( n = 50,075) from the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) to examine odds of activities of daily living (ADL) disability among middle aged (40-64) and older (65+) immigrants based on three acculturation indicators while accounting for various measures.ResultsAmong middle a…
Disability Among Older Immigrants in the United States: Exploring Differences by Region of Origin and Gender
Rapid aging in American society will be disproportionately concentrated among the foreign-born. Immigrants in the United States (U.S.) are a heterogeneous population, yet little is known regarding their differences in disability later in life by region of origin. We use data from the National Health Interview Survey on respondents ages 60+ ( n = 313,072) and employ gender-specific logistic models to predict reports of any activity of daily living…
Will the Health Status of the Changing Hispanic Population Remain ‘Paradoxical’
Multiple Chronic Conditions and Disability among Vietnamese Older Adults: Results from the Vietnamese Aging and Care Survey (Vacs)
Profiles of Covid-19 Impact on Informal Caregivers of Older Mexican Americans
Objectives: This manuscript is a descriptive exploratory study of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for caregivers of very old Mexican Americans. Methods: Using data from Wave 10 of the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of Elderly (2021), we examined the characteristics of caregivers of very old Mexican Americans by their perceived level of impact from the pandemic. We examined sociodemographic characteristics, COVID…
Sensory Disabilities and Social Isolation Among Hispanic Older Adults: Toward Culturally Sensitive Measurement of Social Isolation
Initially, Hispanics appeared more socially isolated, reporting less social support from outside the home. Yet, we found that they were more likely to report family social connections. Traditional measures of social isolation focusing on social support outside of the home (neglecting support by family) may lack content validity among Hispanic groups. Culturally sensitive measures of social isolation will be increasingly consequential for future r…
Social support and health among older adults – the Singapore Chinese Health Study
While having social support can contribute to better health, those in poor health may be limited in their capacity to receive social support. We studied the health factors associated with social support among community-dwelling older adults in Singapore. We used data from the third follow-up interviews (2014–2016) of 16,943 participants of the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a population-based cohort of older Singapore Chinese. Participants were …
Association between caregivers' characteristics and older care recipients' well‐being among Vietnamese immigrant families in the United States
AIMS: We examined the association between caregivers' psychological status and their older family members' (care recipients) mental health in the Vietnamese American community (N = 58 dyads). METHODS: Logistic regression models were used. RESULTS: Caregivers and care recipients were on average 53 and 75 years old, immigrated at ages 32 and 51, and had 10 and 6 years of formal education, respectively. Approximately two-thirds of caregivers provide…
Arthritis, physical function, and disability among older Mexican Americans over 23 years of follow-up
Our study demonstrates the independent effect of arthritis in increasing ADL and mobility disability and decreased physical function in older Mexican Americans over 23-years of follow-up
Contextualizing Health and Aging in the Americas: Effects of Space, Time and Place
The Healthy Immigrant Effect and Aging in the United States and Other Western Countries
The rising number of immigrants to the United States and other western countries has been accompanied by rising interest in the characteristics of immigrants including their mortality risk and health status. In general, immigrants to the United States, Canada, and Australia enjoy a health advantage over the native populations, which has been coined the healthy immigrant effect. The purpose of this review is to summarize findings on aging and the …
Age Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms by Age at Immigration among Older Men and Women of Mexican Descent: The Role of Social Resources
Drawing on eight waves of data from the Hispanic Established Population for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly, this study uses growth curve models to provide a better understanding of the impact of age at immigration and gender on age trajectories of depressive symptoms among older adults of Mexican descent (aged 65+). The findings reveal that (1) regardless of immigrant status and age at immigration, men have similar age trajectories of dep…
Influence of Type II Diabetes and High Depressive Symptoms on the Likelihood for Developing Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Disability and Mortality in Older Puerto Ricans
Diabetes and high depressive symptoms are risk factors of developing ADL disability and mortality for older Puerto Ricans
Neighborhood Context, Dementia Severity, and Mexican American Caregiver Well-Being
Neighborhood characteristics play an important role in the Latino caregiver well-being processes. Targeting neighborhoods, especially in regard to culturally competent dementia care education and services, should be the focus of intervention strategies for Mexican-origin caregivers
The Association Between Handgrip Strength and Diabetes on Activities of Daily Living Disability in Older Mexican Americans
Muscle weakness and diabetes were independently and jointly associated with higher rates for ADL disability in older Mexican Americans
Complexity of Work and Incident Cognitive Impairment in Puerto Rican Older Adults
Complexity of work may reduce risk of cognitive impairment in Puerto Rican older adults, especially when combined with favorable childhood economic conditions and higher educational attainment
Trends in JAH Submissions and Publications: 1989-2015
Self-Reported Health and Functional Characteristics of Mexican and Mexican American Adults Aged 80 and Over
The observed differences may reflect worse health for Mexican Americans, health care access, reporting bias, and more selective survival to very old age in Mexico
Mobility limitations and fear of falling in non-English speaking older Mexican-Americans
Older Mexican-Americans who do not speak or understand spoken English have a higher rate of mobility limitations and fear of falling than their English-speaking counterparts
Exportation and Validation of Latent Constructs for Dementia Case Finding in a Mexican American Population–based Cohort
It is possible to export δ composites from populations to well-characterized cohorts for validation
Immigrant Health Paradox
With rising rates of immigration around the globe we have seen increased interest in the socioeconomic situation of immigrants as well as their health status and health care needs, and their impact on the host countries' health care system. Much of the research has focused on immigrants of non‐Western origin to the three traditional immigration destinations—the United States, Canada, and Australia. While earlier research was often focused on the …
Migration and Health
Association Between Lower Extremity Performance and Health-Related Quality of Life in Elderly Mexican Americans
Increased LEP was associated with slower rates of decline in physical and mental HRQoL in older Mexican Americans
Neighborhood Ethnic Composition and Problem Drinking Among Older Mexican American Men: Results from the Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly
Neighborhood Context and Mortality Among Older Mexican Americans: Is There a Barrio Advantage
Objectives. We examined whether Mexican Americans living in high-density Mexican American neighborhoods experience increased morbidity and mortality compared with the rates observed among Mexican Americans living in low-density areas. Methods. We conducted a prospective analysis of a cohort of 3050 Mexican Americans aged 65 years or older. We examined prevalence of 6 medical conditions and survival over 7 years of follow-up in relation to percent…
Stress and Depressive Symptoms Among Mexican American Elders
Although social stressors have successfully predicted depressive symptomatology in a number of populations, few studies have examined the relevance of stressors for Mexican American elders. Results are reported here from a multistage probability sample of 3,050 Mexican Americans aged 65 and older drawn from a 5-state region. Participants reported low levels of education and income, and most reported difficulty in reading or writing in English. De…
Correlates of Depressive Symptomatology among Older Community-Dwelling Mexican Americans: The Hispanic Epese
Using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies of Depression scale, 25.6% of the 2,823 subjects reported high symptom levels. Rates among women (31.9%) and particularly men (17.3%) were higher than has been typically reported for older Mexican Americans and older adults in general. Consistent with previous studies of older adults, gender, lack of insurance, financial strain, chronic health conditions, and disability were found to be associated with d…
Religious Attendance and Subjective Health
Epidemiologists often correlate religious attendance with a variety of health outcomes and claim that religion represents a protective factor with respect to health. However, these analyses are typically zero-order (i.e., uncontrolled) and thus fail to address the possibility that partialling out the effects of potential explanatory variables might reduce such associations to insignificance. Using a three-generations sample of Mexican American Ca…
Acculturation and alcohol consumption among Mexican Americans: A three-generation study
Data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans conducted in the San Antonio, Texas area are utilized to examine the influence of acculturation into the larger society on alcohol consumption. Acculturation was not related to alcohol consumption in the older generation. In the middle generation, it was related to lower alcohol consumption among men, as well as among women. In the younger generation, acculturation was related to more drinki…
Acculturation and alcohol consumption in Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and Mexican-American women in the United States
Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to examine the influence of acculturation on alcohol consumption among Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and Mexican-American women in the United States. Acculturation was found to be positively related to frequency of consumption and probability of being a drinker among all three groups. A positive relationship was also evident for total drinks consumed among Cuban-American wom…
Acculturation and alcohol consumption in the Mexican American population of the southwestern United States: Findings from HHANES 1982-84
Data from the Southwestern sample of the Hispanic HANES are employed to evaluate the relationship of acculturation into the larger society with alcohol consumption. As in previous work, acculturation was not found to be related to alcohol consumption of Mexican American men, but was positively related to the consumption of younger Mexican American women. Among middle-aged women, acculturation was not important. However, we found evidence that mid…
Smoking among Mexican Americans: A three-generation study
Smoking behavior was investigated with data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas. Rates of smoking among the men were found to be higher than rates for other White men obtained in previous studies, while rates for women were slightly lower than those reported for other White women. However, the percentage of light smokers was considerably higher among Mexican Americans than among other groups. There was no evid…
Examining the disablement process among older Mexican American adults
The Factor Structure of the CES-D in Two Surveys of Elderly Mexican Americans
The factor structure of the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D) has not been well defined among elderly Mexican Americans. Although most prior research suggests the CES-D has four factors, prior research also suggests that the factor structure of the CES-D may vary with culture. In addition, previous theory and research on other depression inventories suggest only two factors: a general depression factor and a psychologica…
Employment and Psychological Well-Being in Mexican American Women
Bien que les effets d'un emploi remunere sur le bien etre psychologique des femmes ait ete le sujet d'un interet considerable, peu d'etudes ont ete realisees sur les femmes mexicano-americaines. Travailler a l'exterieur parait etre benefique pour les femmes separees ou divorcees. Quatre facteurs non professionnels susceptibles de mediatiser les effets du travail sur la detresse acquise, ont ete examines: orientation quant au role sexuel, aide a l…
The Protective Effect of Neighborhood Composition on Increasing Frailty Among Older Mexican Americans: A Barrio Advantage
Personal as well as neighborhood characteristics confer protective effects on individual health in this representative, well-characterized sample of older Mexican Americans. Potential mechanisms that may be implicated in the protective effect of ethnically homogenous communities are discussed
A methodological note on the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status with evidence from San Antonio, Texas
The authors criticize past studies for concluding that the relationship between socio‐economic status and infant mortality has declined in modern industrial societies to the degree that it is almost nonexistent. Such studies computed infant death rates utilizing small numbers of births and deaths, resulting in unreliable rates. In this study, social area analysis is employed in a fairly large city with vital data from the early 1970's. The findin…
Stability and Change in Health Insurance Among Older Mexican Americans: Longitudinal Evidence From the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly
Objectives. This study examined the association between health insurance coverage, medical care use, limitations in activities of daily living, and mortality among older Mexican-origin individuals. Methods. We analyzed longitudinal data from the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (H-EPESE). Results. The uninsured tend to be younger, female, poor, and foreign born. They report fewer health care visits, are less…
Psychosocial and Cognitive Health Differences by Caregiver Status Among Older Mexican Americans
Survey Data for the Study of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Studies
The article summarizes three of the data collection studies that can assist researchers in examining population aging processes in the Latin America and Caribbean region with an emphasis on cross-national comparisons, including the population of Mexican immigrants in the United States. These are the Survey on Health and Wellbeing of Elders conducted in seven urban centers of the region, the national Mexican Health and Aging Study, and the Hispani…
The prevalence and health burden of self-reported diabetes in older Mexican Americans: Findings from the Hispanic established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly
OBJECTIVES: The prevalence and health burden of self-reported adult-onset diabetes mellitus were examined in older Mexican Americans. METHODS: Data from the Hispanic Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly were used to assess the prevalence of self-reported diabetes and its association with other chronic conditions, disability, sensory impairments, health behaviors, and health service use in 3050 community-dwelling Mexica…
Complexity of Work and Incident Cognitive Impairment in Puerto Rican Older Adults
Complexity of work may reduce risk of cognitive impairment in Puerto Rican older adults, especially when combined with favorable childhood economic conditions and higher educational attainment
Comorbidity and Disability in Elderly Mexican and Mexican American Adults: Findings From Mexico and the Southwestern United States
This article aims to compare the effects of morbid and comorbid medical conditions on disability in elderly Mexican and Mexican American adults. Data from the 2001 Mexican Health and Aging Study (N = 4,872) and 1993 to 1994 Hispanic Established Population for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (N = 3,050) were analyzed. Prevalence of medical conditions and disability in activities of daily living were calculated and logistic models were used to…
Ethnicity and infant mortality in Texas Counties
An ecological analysis of infant mortality rates is conducted using data on Texas counties for the years 1968–72. It is found that when counties along the Texas‐Mexico border (which have unreasonably low infant death rates and which are economically less advantaged than the remainder of the counties) are excluded from the analysis, the associations between socioeconomic status variables and infant mortality rates improve considerably. A significa…
Nativity Status and Sources of Care Assistance Among Elderly Mexican-Origin Adults
Is Self-Rated Health Comparable Between Non-Hispanic Whites and Hispanics? Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
Health disparities between whites and Hispanics aged between 51 and 61 will be overestimated if the assessment has been solely based on differences in SRH between the two groups. Findings from this study call for caution in relying on SRH to quantify and explain health disparities between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics in the United States
Health behaviors, risk factors, and health indicators associated with cigarette use in Mexican Americans: Results from the Hispanic Hanes
BACKGROUND: Cigarette smokers often engage in other, potentially deleterious, health behaviors. Such behaviors have not been well documented in Mexican American smokers. METHODS: Data from the Southwestern sample of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were employed to investigate differences in health behaviors, risk factors and health indicators between cigarette smokers and nonsmokers among Mexican Americans. Differenc…
Religious Attendance and Psychological Well-Being in Middle-Aged and Older Mexican Americans
The relationship between religious attendance and psychological well-being is explored ir a sample of middle-aged and older Mexican American men and women. Religious attendance has significant zero-order effects on life satisfaction in older men and in middle-aged and older women. The associations remain significant in women, despite controlling for age, marital status, social class, and either of two indicators of health status. Previous work in…
A Note on Recent Trends in the Infant Mortality-Socioeconomic Status Relationship
A methodological note on the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status with evidence from San Antonio, Texas
The authors criticize past studies for concluding that the relationship between socio‐economic status and infant mortality has declined in modern industrial societies to the degree that it is almost nonexistent. Such studies computed infant death rates utilizing small numbers of births and deaths, resulting in unreliable rates. In this study, social area analysis is employed in a fairly large city with vital data from the early 1970's. The findin…
On Direct and Indirect Effects of Psychological Distress
A Causal Model of Life Satisfaction Among the Elderly
A path analysis model of life satisfaction is proposed and applied to data from interviews with 141 persons aged 60 years and over. Predictor variables examined are self-reported health, income, education and an activity index. The analysis was conducted separately for the two sexes. Health and activityemerge as strong predictors of life satisfaction while income influences life satisfaction indirectly via activity. The importance of investigatin…
On Direct and Indirect Pathways to Medicine Use
Kyriakos S. Markides, Fred P. Fiedler, On Direct and Indirect Pathways to Medicine Use, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 20, No. 4, Health Professions: Socialization, Organization, Utilization (Dec., 1979), pp. 407-408
Ethnicity and infant mortality in Texas Counties
An ecological analysis of infant mortality rates is conducted using data on Texas counties for the years 1968–72. It is found that when counties along the Texas‐Mexico border (which have unreasonably low infant death rates and which are economically less advantaged than the remainder of the counties) are excluded from the analysis, the associations between socioeconomic status variables and infant mortality rates improve considerably. A significa…
A Note on Recent Trends in the Infant Mortality-Socioeconomic Status Relationship
Sample Representativeness in a Three-Generation Study of Mexican Americans
Kyriakos S. Markides, Sue K. Hoppe, Harry W. Martin, Dianne M. Timbers, Sample Representativeness in a Three-Generation Study of Mexican Americans, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 45, No. 4 (Nov., 1983), pp. 911-916
Religion and health in Mexican Americans
Older Mexican Americans: A Study in an Urban Barrio
Ethnicity and Aging: A Bibliography
Determinants of Physician Utilization Among Mexican-Americans: A Three-generations Study
Determinants of physician utilization were examined using a three-generational sample of Mexican-Americans in San Antonio. A typical version of Andersen's causal behavioral model was moderately successful in predicting physician utilization in the middle and older generations and less successful in the younger generation. Consistent with the literature, need factors (health indicators) tended to affect utilization most directly. The authors also …
Socioeconomic status and infant mortality among Hispanics in a southwestern city
Recent investigations of infant mortality in the Southwest part of the US have shown that Spanish surname infant death rates are lower than might be expected from the relatively low socioeconomic standing of the Spanish surname population, a phenomenon that appears to be confined to the neonatal componont of the infant mortality rate. The relationship between socioeconomic status (ses) and infant mortality is examined overall and separately withi…
Marriage and Health: A Three-Generation Study of Mexican Americans
The relationships between health and marital status and marital satisfaction were investigated with data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans. Overall, few consistent differences in physical health symptoms and self-rated health were found by marital status once effects of sex, age, income, and education were held constant. The few significant differences found were generally in the middle and young generations. Women were found to …
Employment and Psychological Well-Being in Mexican American Women
Bien que les effets d'un emploi remunere sur le bien etre psychologique des femmes ait ete le sujet d'un interet considerable, peu d'etudes ont ete realisees sur les femmes mexicano-americaines. Travailler a l'exterieur parait etre benefique pour les femmes separees ou divorcees. Quatre facteurs non professionnels susceptibles de mediatiser les effets du travail sur la detresse acquise, ont ete examines: orientation quant au role sexuel, aide a l…
Religious Attendance and Subjective Health
Epidemiologists often correlate religious attendance with a variety of health outcomes and claim that religion represents a protective factor with respect to health. However, these analyses are typically zero-order (i.e., uncontrolled) and thus fail to address the possibility that partialling out the effects of potential explanatory variables might reduce such associations to insignificance. Using a three-generations sample of Mexican American Ca…
Smoking among Mexican Americans: A three-generation study
Smoking behavior was investigated with data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans in San Antonio, Texas. Rates of smoking among the men were found to be higher than rates for other White men obtained in previous studies, while rates for women were slightly lower than those reported for other White women. However, the percentage of light smokers was considerably higher among Mexican Americans than among other groups. There was no evid…
Retirement in Industrialized Societies: Social, Psychological, and Health Factors
Industrialization and Retirement: An International Perspective Retirement in the United States Retirement in Canada Retirement in Britain Retirement in Switzerland Retirement in Germany: Towards the Construction of the Citizen of the Work Society On Trends in Retirement in Israel From Pension via Retirement into the Third Age in the Netherlands Retirement in Japan Retirement in Poland Retirement in Australia
Acculturation and alcohol consumption among Mexican Americans: A three-generation study
Data from a three-generation study of Mexican Americans conducted in the San Antonio, Texas area are utilized to examine the influence of acculturation into the larger society on alcohol consumption. Acculturation was not related to alcohol consumption in the older generation. In the middle generation, it was related to lower alcohol consumption among men, as well as among women. In the younger generation, acculturation was related to more drinki…
Religious Attendance and Psychological Well-Being in Middle-Aged and Older Mexican Americans
The relationship between religious attendance and psychological well-being is explored ir a sample of middle-aged and older Mexican American men and women. Religious attendance has significant zero-order effects on life satisfaction in older men and in middle-aged and older women. The associations remain significant in women, despite controlling for age, marital status, social class, and either of two indicators of health status. Previous work in…
Aging and Health: Perspectives on Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Class
Acculturation and alcohol consumption in the Mexican American population of the southwestern United States: Findings from HHANES 1982-84
Data from the Southwestern sample of the Hispanic HANES are employed to evaluate the relationship of acculturation into the larger society with alcohol consumption. As in previous work, acculturation was not found to be related to alcohol consumption of Mexican American men, but was positively related to the consumption of younger Mexican American women. Among middle-aged women, acculturation was not important. However, we found evidence that mid…
Health behaviors, risk factors, and health indicators associated with cigarette use in Mexican Americans: Results from the Hispanic Hanes
BACKGROUND: Cigarette smokers often engage in other, potentially deleterious, health behaviors. Such behaviors have not been well documented in Mexican American smokers. METHODS: Data from the Southwestern sample of the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (HHANES) were employed to investigate differences in health behaviors, risk factors and health indicators between cigarette smokers and nonsmokers among Mexican Americans. Differenc…
Hearing loss and hearing aid use in Hispanic adults: Results from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were employed to investigate the prevalence of hearing loss and hearing aid use in Mexican-American, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican adults. Hearing loss was 6 to 14 times more prevalent in older (ages 54 to 74) vs younger (ages 20 through 34) subjects. Cuban Americans and Mexican Americans tended to have a similar prevalence of hearing loss, whereas Puerto Ricans had markedly lower …
Assisted suicide and professional responsibilities
Acculturation and alcohol consumption in Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and Mexican-American women in the United States
Data from the Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were used to examine the influence of acculturation on alcohol consumption among Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and Mexican-American women in the United States. Acculturation was found to be positively related to frequency of consumption and probability of being a drinker among all three groups. A positive relationship was also evident for total drinks consumed among Cuban-American wom…
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