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Herramientas para predecir el riesgo de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles: un análisis más del Estudio de las Seis Ciudades en México
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Esqueda, Agustín Lara Chávez, Antonio González Chassín, Octavio Amancio Guzmán, Mario Enrique Arceo Rosas, Graciela Alexánderson Solís, Gabriela Ortíz Monroy, Óscar Velázquez |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Abstract | Background: Most of the non transmissible chronic diseases of high prevalence can be prevented. For this, it is important to identify prediction factors that allow us to create strategies in order to reduce its presentation. Objective: To propose the application of low height and waist perimeter as tools to predict the risk of non transmissible chronic diseases. Patients and methods: During the years 2001 and 2002 the study of the six cities was made. A survey was applied to 150 persons per day. In them we could identify some risk factors, as: nicotinism, acute myocardial infarction, cerebral vascular disease, weight, height, capillary glucose, arterial pressure, and cholesterol. Results: We studied 120,028 subjects. The total prevalence of low height was of 20%, and it was observed that it was greater in women than in men. Low height subjects are more prone to have diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia than those with normal height. Conclusions: Low height in Mexican population is an independent cardiovascular risk factor that should be considered when evaluating it, as the risk of presenting diabetes and hypertension increases when the body mass index is of 23 in the subjects with low height. |
| Starting Page | 266 |
| Ending Page | 272 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 21 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.medigraphic.com/pdfs/medintmex/mim-2005/mim054e.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
