Prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in Nigerians, Jamaicans and US blacks
Ethn Dis
; 9(2): 190-200, Spring-Summer, 1999.
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em Inglês
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| ID: med-1380
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JM3.1
Localização: JM3.1; RA652.E85
ABSTRACT
The prevalence of type 2 diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance and associated risk factors were compared in sample surveys in Africa and the Caribbean with the Third National Health and Nutrition Survey (NHANES-III) from the United States. A total of 856 Nigerians, 1286 Jamaicans, and 1827 US blacks were included in the study. Body mass index (BMI) increased in a stepwise fashion across the three population groups, ie, 23 kg/m2 in Nigerians, 26 kg/m2 in Jamaicans, and 28 kg/m2 in US blacks. The persons aged 25-74, were 1 percent, 12 percent, 13 percent. Jamaican women were found to have the same prevalence of type 2 diabetes as US women (14 vs 13 percent, respectively); mean BMI was likewise very similar (28 kg/m2 in Jamaican and 29 kg/m2 in US women). BMI and waist-to-hip ratio were both associated with type 2 diabetes prevalence. Findings of this study confirm the marked gradient in type 2 diabetes risk among these genetically related populations and suggest that the blacks in the island nations of the Caribbean and the United States are at particularly high risk. Nigerians exhibited remarkably well-preserved glucose tolerance. Understanding the factors that limit the risk of type 2 diabetes in West Africa, beyond relative absence of obesity, would have considerable public health significance.(Au)
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Assunto principal:
Negro ou Afro-Americano
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Índice de Massa Corporal
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Intolerância à Glucose
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Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
Limite:
Adulto
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
África
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América do Norte
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Caribe Inglês
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Jamaica
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Ethn Dis
Ano de publicação:
1999
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