Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Health Related Quality of Life in Older Mexican Americans with Diabetes: a Cross-sectional Study

Background: The older Hispanic population of the U.S. is growing at a tremendous rate. While ethnic-related risk and complications of diabetes are widely-acknowledged for older Hispanics, less is known about how health related quality of life is affected in this population.

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