Prevalencia de obesidad, hipertensión arterial y dislipidemia en grupos aborígenes rurales de Chile / Prevalence of obesity, hypertension and serum lipid profiles in chilean rural aboriginal communities
Rev. méd. Chile
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127(10): 1169-75, oct. 1999. tab
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in Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Chilean aboriginal ethnic groups (mapuche and aymaras) have a very low prevalence rate of type 2 diabetes. The investigation of a possible relationship between this low prevalence of diabetes and obesity, hypertension and serum lipid profiles in both groups is worthwhile.Aim:
To study the prevalence of obesity, hypertension and lipid profile in two chilean aboriginal communities. Subjects andMethods:
The prevalence of obesity, hypertension, fasting serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, glucose, insulin, leptin and oral glucose tolerance test were measured in 345 mapuche (106 male) and 247 aymara (100 male) individuals.Results:
Sixty three percent of mapuche women, 37.9 percent of mapuche men, 39.7 percent of the aymara women and 27.0 percent of aymara men had a body mass index over 27 kg/m2. Twenty percent of mapuche men, 18.0 percent of mapuche women, 9.0 percent of aymara men and 4.8 percent of the aymara women had high blood pressure values. Serum HDL cholesterol was below 35 mg/dl in 16 percent of mapuche women, 14 percent of mapuche men, 25 percent of the aymara women and 27 percent of aymara men. No differences in total cholesterol levels were observed between mapuches and aymaras.Conclusion:
Mapuche women have higher prevalence of obesity and high blood pressure than aymara women. Low serum HDL cholesterol has a higher prevalence among aymara individuals
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Main subject:
Ethnicity
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Hyperlipidemias
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Hypertension
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Obesity
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
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Screening study
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Chile
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Rev. méd. Chile
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
1999
Type:
Article
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