Wong Rebeca, Michaels-Obregon Alejandra, Palloni Alberto
University of Texas Medical Branch, Sealy Center on Aging.
University of Texas Medical Branch, Sealy Center on Aging and.
Int J Epidemiol. 2017 Apr 1;46(2):e2. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyu263.
The Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) was designed to prospectively evaluate the impact of disease on the health, function and mortality of adults over the age of 50 in both urban and rural areas of Mexico. The overall goal of the study is to examine the ageing process and its disease and disability burden in a large representative panel of older Mexicans, using a wide socioeconomic perspective. The study protocols and survey instruments are highly comparable to the U.S. Health and Retirement Study (HRS).The MHAS 2001 baseline is a nationally and urban-rural representative survey of individuals born in 1951 or earlier. Three waves of data have been collected so far: baseline in 2001 and follow-ups in 2003 and 2012. In 2012, the study added a representative sample of the population from the 1952-62 birth cohorts. A fourth wave will be collected in 2015.The data files and documentation are available free of charge at the study website [www.MHASweb.org] in English and [www.ENASEM.org] in Spanish.
墨西哥健康与老龄化研究（MHAS）旨在前瞻性评估疾病对墨西哥城乡地区50岁以上成年人的健康、功能和死亡率的影响。该研究的总体目标是从广泛的社会经济角度，在一大组具有代表性的墨西哥老年人中研究老龄化过程及其疾病和残疾负担。该研究方案和调查工具与美国健康与退休研究（HRS）具有高度可比性。2001年MHAS基线是对1951年或更早出生的个体进行的全国性和城乡代表性调查。到目前为止，已收集了三轮数据：2001年的基线数据以及2003年和2012年的随访数据。2012年，该研究增加了1952 - 1962年出生队列人群的代表性样本。第四轮数据将于2015年收集。数据文件和文档可在研究网站[www.MHASweb.org]上免费获取英文版本，在[www.ENASEM.org]上免费获取西班牙文版本。
