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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 9r9R0xBE. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We examined the relationship between ethnic self-identification and the partitioning of health risk within a Mexican American population. Methods. We combined data from the 2000 to 2002 National Health Interview Surveys to obtain a large (N=10044) sample of US residents of Mexican ancestry. We evaluated health risk, defined as self-reported current smoking, overweight, and obesity, and compared the predictive strength of health risk correlates across self-identified Mexican and Mexican American participants. Results. Self-identified Mexican participants were less likely to smoke (odds ratio [OR]=0.70 ; 95% confidence interval[Cl]=0.60,0.83 ; P<. and to be obese cl="0.56,0.77" p than were self-identified mexican american participants. within-group analyses found that sociodemographic predictors had inconsistent even contradictory patterns of association with health risk across the subgroups. was consistently lower among immigrants relative us-born ethnic self-identification effects independent socioeconomic status. conclusions. us residents ancestry showed substantial differences in correlates. is a promising strategy clarify differential may help resolve apparent discrepancies correlates this literature.>
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