Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS)
The MHAS is a national study of adults aged 50 years and older in Mexico, designed to evaluate the impact of disease on health, function, and mortality. The baseline survey was conducted across close to 10,000 households, with national and urban/rural representation of adults born in 1951 or earlier. It was conducted in 2001, with follow-up interviews in 2003, 2012, 2015, 2018, and 2021. The sample was distributed in all 32 states of the country, in urban and rural areas. A new sample of adults born between 1952 and 1962 was added in 2012. Similarly, in 2018, a new cohort of adults born between 1963 and 1968 was added to refresh the sample.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
15,186 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 50 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
≤ 1951 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
Mexicans aged 50 and over and their spouse/partners in 2001.
Sample features
Country
Year of first data collection
2001
Primary Institutions
Columbia University
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
Instituto Nacional de Geriatría (INGER)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Computer, paper or task testing (e.g. cognitive testing, theory of mind doll task, attention computer tasks)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Education data
- Geographic, spatial & environmental data
- Healthcare data
- Mortality data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
