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Hispanic EPESE (Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly)

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HEPESE; H-EPESE

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456413_0_EnThe Hispanic EPESE (H-EPESE) has been the primary source of information on aging in the Mexican American population since its inception in 1993–1994. The H-EPESE is an on-going National Institute on Aging (NIA) funded longitudinal cohort study covering 23 years that provides information on sociodemographic, health, and psychosocial characteristics, as well as health care needs of community-dwelling Hispanic older adults, aged 65 years and older, residing in the five southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas (Markides et al. 1997).

The original 3,050 subjects, aged ≥65 at baseline in 1993–1994, were followed up in 1995–1996 (N = 2438), 1998–1999 (N = 1980), 2000–2001 (N = 1685), and 2004–2005 (N= 1167) when subjects were ages ≥75. At Wave 5, a probability sample of 902 Mexican Americans also aged ≥75 was added giving us a combined sample of 2069. When compared to subjects aged ≥75 at baseline, the new...

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    Phillip Cantu & Kyriakos Markides

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Cantu, P., Markides, K. (2019). Hispanic EPESE (Established Population for the Epidemiological Study of the Elderly). In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_3-1

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