Prevalence of Pre‐obesity and Obesity in Urban Adult Mexicans in Comparison with Other Large Surveys

Arroyo, Pedro; Lorı́a, Alvar; Fernández, Victoria; Flegal, Katherine M.; Kuri‐Morales, Pablo; Oláiz, Gustavo; Tapia-Conyer, R

doi:10.1038/oby.2000.19

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“…For instance, the lower proportion of hypertensive young women than young men and the absence of this gender difference upon reaching 50 years of age in our study, and in others, would suggest a menopausal effect still to be studied longitudinally. The same applies for the possible age associations of overweight and hypertension 12,13 and for the changes observed in the present study in type and degree of hypertension upon reaching 40 years of age (Table 5). …”

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Hypertension in urban Mexico: The 1992–93 national survey of chronic diseases

Arroyo¹,

Fernández²,

Lorı́a

et al. 1999

J Hum Hypertens

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The purpose of this work is to estimate the prevalence of hypertension in the urban population of Mexico. We studied a multistage national sample representative of the urban population in 417 cities of over 2500 people. The blood pressure of 14 657 individuals (6053 men and 8604 women) aged 20-69 years was measured after a 5-min rest using a standard mercury sphygmomanometer. The survey personnel had been previously trained and standardised.The main results show a crude prevalence of hypertension, as defined by the JNC VI, of 28.1% in women and 37.5% in men (27.2% and 37.1% age-adjusted). Both genders exhibited a trend of increasing hypertension

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 58%

Hypertension in urban Mexico: The 1992–93 national survey of chronic diseases

Arroyo¹,

Fernández²,

Lorı́a

et al. 1999

J Hum Hypertens

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“…Thus, although a direct association, consistent in strata of sex, between age and BMI is evident, the Italian population aged X60 years had a prevalence of obesity of 11.9%, again comparatively lower than that of the USA (33%) (Hedley et al, 2004), Great Britain (around 30% for subjects aged 55-64 years) (Rennie and Jebb, 2005), Spain (37%) (Gutierrez-Fisac et al, 2004) and Mexico (27% for adults aged 60-69 years) (Arroyo et al, 2000).…”

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confidence: 80%

“…In Great Britain, over the last few years, 24% of adults were obese (Rennie and Jebb, 2005), in Spain 13-15% (Aranceta et al, 2003;Martinez et al, 2004;Neira and de Onis, 2005) and in Denmark 12% (Bendixen et al, 2004). Among other countries, in Turkey 22% were obese (Yumuk, 2005), in Russia 18% (Popkin and Doak, 1998;Arroyo et al, 2000), in Mexico 21% (Arroyo et al, 2000) and in Lebanon 16% (Sibai et al, 2003). Furthermore, in the USA, two in three adults had a BMI X25 kg/m 2 , and almost one in three X30 kg/m 2 (Flegal et al, 2002(Flegal et al, , 2004aFreedman et al, 2002;Yanovski and Yanovski 2002;Manson and Bassuk, 2003;Hedley et al, 2004;Baskin et al, 2005).…”

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Overweight and obesity in Italian adults 2004, and an overview of trends since 1983

Gallus

Colombo²,

Scarpino³

et al. 2006

Eur J Clin Nutr

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Objective: Overweight has been increasing in several developed countries over the last few decades. No update information on the issue is available for Italy. Design and setting: We conducted a computer assisted personal in-house interview survey in March-April 2004, on a sample of 2932 Italian individuals (1407 men and 1525 women) aged 18 years or over, representative of the general adult Italian population. Information on weight and height was self-reported. Results: Overall, 3.4% of the Italian adult population were underweight (o18.5 kg/m 2 , 0.9% of men and 5.8% of women), 31.3% were overweight (25.0-29.9 kg/m 2 , 38.4% of men, 24.7% of women), and 8.2% were obese (X30.0 kg/m 2 , 7.4% of men and 8.9% of women). Overweight or obesity was reported by 14.2% of subjects aged 18-24 years (20.6% of men and 7.6% of women). The highest proportions of overweight and obese subjects were in the 45-64 year age group for men (51.4% overweight, 10.0% obese) and in the X65 year age group for women (38.8% overweight, 13.8% obese). Age-and sex-standardised prevalence of overweight or obesity was 36.0% for more educated subjects, and 54.0% for less educated ones. It was 32.3% in northern, 44.3% in central and 47.0% in southern Italy. Overweight increased from 1983 to the early 1990s, and levelled off thereafter. Prevalence of obesity remained around 8-9% across the last 20 years. Conclusions: Trends of overweight and obesity in Italy are more favourable than in several developed countries. Still, approximately 15 million of Italian adults are overweight and 4 million obese.

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“…20 Similarly, the Mexican National Chronic Conditions Survey disclosed a higher prevalence of DM and HT (7.2 and 26.6% in both genders). 21 This may be ascribed to the inclusion of populations from the north region of Mexico with higher BMI and risks in the National Survey.…”

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confidence: 91%

Anthropometric indexes in the prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in a Mexican population

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OBJECTIVE:To determine values of simple anthropometric measurements which are associated with the presence of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidaemia and to assess anthropometric cut-off values for predicting the likelihood of these chronic conditions in a Mexican population. DESIGN AND SETTING: The data were obtained from PRIT (Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in General Hospital Workers) surveys from 1994 to 2000 adjusted to the structure of the overall Mexican population. SUBJECTS: A total of 2426 men and 5939 women aged 38.99 AE 7.11 and 39.11 AE 14.25 y, respectively. MEASUREMENTS: The optimal sensitivity and specificity of using various cut-off values of BMI (body mass index), WHR (waistto-hip ratio), WC (waist circumference) and WTH (waist-to-height ratio) to predict type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HT), or dyslipidaemia were examined by receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) analysis. The likelihood ratios for having diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in subjects with various cut-off values of BMI, WHR, WC and WTH were calculated. Multiple step-wise logistic regression analysis was used to examine the independent relationship between the anthropometric indexes, age and smoking, and the odds ratio of having chronic conditions. RESULTS: The BMI cut-off to predict DM, HT, or dyslipidaemia varied from 25.2 to 26.6 kg=m 2 in both men and women. The optimal WC cut-offs were 90 cm in men and 85 cm in women. The WHR cut-off was about 0.90 in men and 0.85 in women, and the optimal WTH cut-off was 52.5 in men and varied from 53 to 53.5 in women. The cut-off levels for WC, WHR and WTH corresponded to the inflexion points in the likelihood ratio graphs. In the case of BMI likelihood ratio graphs, we found a significant increase in the risk for chronic conditions from 22 to 23 BMI levels in both genders. Logistic regression analyses disclosed that only BMI and age were included in all the models as well as the influence of smoking in DM and dyslipidaemia in men. CONCLUSION: Although these results may not be readily applied to the rest of the Mexican population or to other Hispanic populations, they point to the necessity of similar studies with large randomized samples to find the cut-off levels for chronic conditions in different populations.

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Prevalence of Pre‐obesity and Obesity in Urban Adult Mexicans in Comparison with Other Large Surveys

Cited by 70 publications

References 4 publications

Hypertension in urban Mexico: The 1992–93 national survey of chronic diseases

Hypertension in urban Mexico: The 1992–93 national survey of chronic diseases

Overweight and obesity in Italian adults 2004, and an overview of trends since 1983

Anthropometric indexes in the prediction of type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension and dyslipidaemia in a Mexican population

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