Cardiac risk profile in diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose
OBJECTIVE: Mortality of diabetic patients is higher than that of the population at large, and mainly results from cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of the present study was to identify the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with diabetes mellitus (DM) or abnormal fasting glucos...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2004 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositorio: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
| Idioma: | portugués inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/31754 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31754 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Diabetes mellitus^i1^sepidemiolo Doenças cardiovasculares^i1^sprevenção e contr Arteriosclerose coronária^i1^sprevenção e contr Fatores de risco Prevalência Glicemia Estudos transversais Diabetes mellitus^i2^sepidemiol Cardiovascular diseases^i2^sprevention & cont Coronary arteriosclerosis^i2^sprevention & cont Risk factors Prevalence Blood glucose Cross-sectional studies |
| Sumario: | OBJECTIVE: Mortality of diabetic patients is higher than that of the population at large, and mainly results from cardiovascular diseases. The purpose of the present study was to identify the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with diabetes mellitus (DM) or abnormal fasting glucose (FG) in order to guide health actions. METHODS: A population-based cross-sectional study was carried out in a representative random cluster sampling of 1,066 adult urban population (>;20 years) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul between 1999 and 2000. A structured questionnaire on coronary risk factors was applied and sociodemographic characteristics of all adults older than 20 years living in the same dwelling were collected. Subjects were clinically evaluated and blood samples were obtained for measuring total cholesterol and fasting glycemia. Statistical analysis was performed using Stata 7 and a 5% significance level was set. Categorical variables were compared by Pearson's chi-square and continuous variables were compared using Student's t-test or Anova and multivariate analysis, all controlled for the cluster effect. RESULTS: Of 992 subjects, 12.4% were diabetic and 7.4% had impaired fasting glucose. Among the risk factors evaluated, subjects who presented any kind of glucose homeostasis abnormality were at a higher prevalence of obesity (17.8, 29.2 and 35.3% in healthy subjects, impaired fasting glucose and DM respectively, p |
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