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ArticleAging & mental health2026

Sensory impairments and cognitive impairment among Mexican American older adults: nativity differences.

Bibiana Toro Figueira, Soham Al Snih

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Bibiana Toro FigueiraSchool of Public and Population Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-3164-3649
Soham Al SnihSchool of Public and Population Health, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0681-4641

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LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF MEXICAN AMERICAN ELDERLY HEALTHR01AG010939 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI MARKIDES, KYRIAKOS S · 1992 to 2022
$14.6M
The Texas Resource Center on Minority Aging Research (RCMAR)P30AG059301 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI Kyriakos S Markides, Fernando Riosmena · 2018 to 2026
$5.2M
Long-term Health Outcomes in Mexican American Older AdultsR01MD010355 · NIMHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MED BR GALVESTON · PI AL SNIH, SOHAM · 2016 to 2019
$1.9M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG059301NIA NIH HHS R01 AG010939NIMHD NIH HHS R01 MD010355
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Abstract

objectivesTo examine the associations between sensory impairments and cognitive impairment (CI), and how these associations differ by nativity over 12 years of follow-up among Mexican American 75 years and older with moderate to high cognitive function at baseline.

methodDual sensory impairment (DSI) included vision impairment (VI), difficulty in recognizing a friend at arm's length, across the room, or across the street); and hearing impairment (HI), inability to hear and understand a speech without seeing a person talk, in a quiet room. Participants were grouped into No VI-No HI, HI only, VI only, and Yes VI-Yes HI by nativity. CI was defined as scoring <21 on the Mini-Mental State Examination.

resultsUS-born and foreign-born participantsin the Yes VI-Yes HI group and US-born in the VI only group had greater odds of CI over time than those without VI and without HI (OR = 2.64, 95%CL = 1.23-5.68, OR = 5.71, 95%CL = 2.78-11.73; and OR = 2.09, 95%CL = 1.28-3.43, respectively), after controlling for covariates.

conclusionUS-born and foreign-born Mexican American older adults with DSI were at high risk of developing CI over time. Addressing hearing and vision impairments may counteract CI over time.

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Cognitive DysfunctionHearing LossMexican AmericansVision DisordersAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleUnited Statescognitive functiondual sensory impairmenthearing impairmentMexican AmericansVision impairment

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PMCPMC12530192

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