Mexican Epidemiological Paradox: A Developing Country With a Burden of “Richness” Diseases. An update

Meaney, Eduardo; Munguía, Levy; Nájera, Nayelli; Ceballos, Guillermo

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.05600-1

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“…Despite its social lags, Mexico, now considered a middle-income country, is not far from achieving the status of an industrialized nation. But from now on, we suffer from what we have called the "Mexican paradox", meaning that it is a slightly prosperous nation but with an impoverished population affected by the burden of disease typical of developed countries [42]. If this condition prevails and is accentuated with the subsequent expected economic growth, cardiovascular and cardiometabolic epidemics can significantly compromise the well-being of the nation and its public health, making the achieved progress useless.…”

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Overweight, Obesity, and Age Are the Main Determinants of Cardiovascular Risk Aggregation in the Current Mexican Population: The FRIMEX III Study

Meaney,

Pérez-Robles,

Ortiz-Flores

et al. 2024

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Background: The Mexican population exhibits several cardiovascular risk factors (CVRF) including high blood pressure (HBP), dysglycemia, dyslipidemia, overweight, and obesity. This study is an extensive observation of the most important CVFRs in six of the most populated cities in Mexico. Methods: In a cohort of 297,370 participants (54% female, mean age 43 ± 12.6 years), anthropometric (body mass index (BMI)), metabolic (glycemia and total cholesterol (TC)), and blood pressure (BP) data were obtained. Results: From age 40, 40% and 30% of the cohort’s participants were overweight or obese, respectively. HBP was found in 27% of participants. However, only 8% of all hypertensive patients were controlled. Fifty percent of the subjects 50 years and older were hypercholesterolemic. Glycemia had a constant linear relation with age. BMI had a linear correlation with SBP, glycemia, and TC, with elevated coefficients in all cases and genders. The β1 coefficient for BMI was more significant in all equations than the other β, indicating that it greatly influences the other CVRFs. Conclusions: TC, glycemia, and SBP, the most critical atherogenic factors, are directly related to BMI.

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