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Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Latin America: A Comparison with the United States The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO)

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dc.contributor.author Miranda, J. Jaime
dc.contributor.author Herrera, Victor M.
dc.contributor.author Chirinos, Julio A.
dc.contributor.author Gómez, Luis F.
dc.contributor.author Perel, Pablo
dc.contributor.author Pichardo, Rafael
dc.contributor.author González, Angel
dc.contributor.author Sánchez, José R.
dc.contributor.author Ferreccio, Catterina
dc.contributor.author Aguilera, Ximena
dc.contributor.author Silva, Eglé
dc.contributor.author Oróstegui, Myriam
dc.contributor.author Medina-Lezama, Josefina
dc.contributor.author Pérez, Cynthia M.
dc.contributor.author Suárez, Erick
dc.contributor.author Ortiz, Ana P.
dc.contributor.author Rosero, Luis
dc.contributor.author Schapochnik, Noberto
dc.contributor.author Ortiz, Zulma
dc.contributor.author Ferrante, Daniel
dc.contributor.author Casas, Juan P.
dc.contributor.author Bautista, Leonelo E.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-04T20:31:48Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-04T20:31:48Z
dc.date.issued 2013
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/10676
dc.description.abstract Background: Limited knowledge on the prevalence and distribution of risk factors impairs the planning and implementation of cardiovascular prevention programs in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region. Methods: and Findings: Prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, abnormal lipoprotein levels, obesity, and smoking were estimated from individual-level patient data pooled from population-based surveys (1998–2007, n = 31,009) from eight LAC countries and from a national survey of the United States (US) population (1999–2004) Age and gender specific prevalence were estimated and age-gender adjusted comparisons between both populations were conducted. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and low high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol in LAC were 5% (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 3.4, 7.9), 20.2% (95% CI: 12.5, 31), and 53.3% (95% CI: 47, 63.4), respectively. Compared to LAC region’s average, the prevalence of each risk factor tended to be lower in Peru and higher in Chile. LAC women had higher prevalence of obesity and low HDL-cholesterol than men. Obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertriglyceridemia were more prevalent in the US population than in LAC population (31 vs. 16.1%, 16.8 vs. 8.9%, and 36.2 vs. 26.5%, respectively). However, the prevalence of low HDL-cholesterol was higher in LAC than in the US (53.3 vs. 33.7%). Conclusions: Major cardiovascular risk factors are highly prevalent in LAC region, in particular low HDL-cholesterol. In addition, marked differences do exist in this prevalence profile between LAC and the US. The observed patterns of obesity-related risk factors and their current and future impact on the burden of cardiovascular diseases remain to be explained. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS ONE
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Prevalence en_US
dc.subject Risk Factors en_US
dc.subject Multivariate Analysis en_US
dc.subject United States en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Argentina en_US
dc.subject Cardiovascular Diseases en_US
dc.subject Chile en_US
dc.subject Cholesterol en_US
dc.subject Cholesterol en_US
dc.subject Colombia en_US
dc.subject Costa Rica en_US
dc.subject Dominican Republic en_US
dc.subject Obesiy en_US
dc.subject Puerto Rico en_US
dc.subject Triglycerides Venezuela en_US
dc.subject epidemiology en_US
dc.title Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Latin America: A Comparison with the United States The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO) en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054056
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.04
dc.relation.issn 1932-6203


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