Prevalence and risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome and dyslipidemia in White, Black, Amerindian and Mixed Hispanics in Zulia State, Venezuela

Flórez, Hermes; Silva, Eglé; Fernández, Virgínia; Ryder, Elena; Sulbarán, Tulio; Campos, Gilberto; Calmon, Gustavo; Clavel, Emilio; Castillo-Florez, Sumaya; Goldberg, Ronald

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2004.11.018

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“…According to data reviewed, the weighted mean prevalence of MS in the Latin-American countries analysed (24?9 %) was higher than that reported in developed countries (19,20) . In fact, in eight of the studies included in this analysis (24)(25)(26)(29)(30)(31)(32)34) , prevalence rates of MS are different in 1?5-20?0 % compared with those reported in the USA (21?8 %) and some European countries: Spain (24?7 %), Portugal (23?9 %) and Italy (24?1 %) (18,19,20,36,37) . However, this mean prevalence of MS in Latin America was lower than that reported for some ethnic groups in other parts of the world.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In the six studies that reported on the prevalence of low levels of HDL cholesterol by gender (24,26,27,30,32,33) , a higher prevalence was observed among women than among men (with differences between 2?0 % (26) and 28?4 % (27) ). The weighted mean prevalence by gender was 63 % for women and 45?8 % for men.…”

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“…Finally, a total of twelve articles met the criteria for the present review (24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) . Of these articles (eleven crosssectional (24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34) and one multi-centre cross-sectional (35) ; Tables 3 and 4, respectively), the following data were found: author and year of publication, number and gender of participants, age range of the population, sampling, city and country in which the study was carried out, procedures to determine MS and its components (measurements), the prevalence of MS and its components, as well as other sociodemographic and environmental factors analysed as associations by the authors. In addition, the following variables were analysed: study design, prevalence of MS and its components by gender and age group, as well as adjusted MS prevalence.…”

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“…Nine articles reported the prevalence of MS by gender (24,25,(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)33,34) : weighted mean was 25?3 % for women and 23?2 % for men; differences were not statistically significant. In three studies (27,28,34) (two of which had higher participation by women (27,34) , whereas one had higher participation by men (28) ), MS was slightly more frequent among women compared with men, with a difference in prevalence between men and women varying between 0?8 % (34) and 8?89 % (27) .…”

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“…The same seven studies mentioned the general prevalence of dyslipidaemia (24)(25)(26)(27)29,30,33) ; the weighted mean of hypertriacylglycerolaemia was 46?7 %, and for low levels of HDL cholesterol the weighted mean was 62?9 %.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Latin America: a systematic review

Márquez‐Sandoval

Macedo-Ojeda

Hörner

et al. 2011

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess the available data on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in Latin-American countries. Design: Systematic review. Searches were carried out in PubMed, ISIWeb, SCielo and Redalyc, using 'metabolic syndrome x' and 'prevalence' as keywords for titles and/or abstracts. Articles selected were cross-sectional studies in Latin-American countries, whose main objective was to study MS and whose study population is described below. MS must be determined using Adult Treatment Panel III criteria. Twelve studies with these criteria were selected, one of which was multi-centric. Setting: Latin America. Subjects: Apparently healthy subjects aged 18-65 years (including young adult, mature adult and elderly populations) of both genders. Results: The general prevalence (weighted mean) of MS in Latin-American countries was 24?9 (range: 18?8-43?3) %. MS was slightly more frequent in women (25?3 %) than in men (23?2 %), and the age group with the highest prevalence of MS consisted of those over 50 years of age. The most frequent components of MS were low HDL cholesterol levels (62?9 %) and abdominal obesity (45?8 %). Similar outcomes were obtained from the multi-centre study on Latin-American populations analysed. Conclusions: The present review brings us closer to an understanding of the prevalence of MS in Latin-American countries. However, it is not possible to know the full scope of the problem, partly because data from some countries are not available, and because the methodological differences among the studies published up to the present limit a joint analysis of their results.

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