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Cardiovascular risk in Japanese-Brazilian subjects
Risco cardiovascular em nipobrasileiros
Fecha
2012Registro en:
Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab,v.56,n.9,p.608-613,2012
0004-2730
10.1590/S0004-27302012000900002
Autor
Gomes, Patricia Moreira
Andrade, Regina Célia Garcia de
Figueiredo, Roberta Carvalho de
Pace, Ana Emília
Dal Fabbro, Amaury Lelis
Franco, Laércio Joel
Foss, Milton César
Foss-Freitas, Maria Cristina
Institución
Resumen
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Japanese-Brazilian subjects. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: One hundred thirty-one residents of the Mombuca community were studied. Statistical analysis was based on the X² test, Fisher's Exact test, Student's t test, and ANOVA, at a 5% significance level. RESULTS: The average age was 56.7 years-old; 76.3% had dyslipidemia, 24.4% pre-diabetes (PDM), 10.7% type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), 46.6% hypertension, 52.7% abdominal obesity, and 35.8% metabolic syndrome (MS). There were significant correlations between HOMA-IR and MS diagnosis and obesity, while HOMA-β levels were decreased in T2DM and PDM. The ankle-brachial index was positive for peripheral artery disease in 22.3% of the individuals. Electrocardiograms did not show increased evidence of myocardial ischemia. CONCLUSION: Subjects of this community are exposed to major cardiovascular risk factors, namely high prevalence of MS diagnoses and increased HOMA-IR. Arq Bras Endocrinol Metab. 2012;56(9):608-13