Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 72, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-80

The metabolic syndrome in Spanish migrants to Brazil: Unexpected results (Article)

Pousada J.M.D.C.* , Britto M.M.S. , Cruz T. , Lima M.D.L. , Lessa I. , Lemaire D.C. , Carvalho R.H. , Martinez-Larrad M.T. , Torres E.C. , Serrano-Rios M.
  • a Department of Medicine, Medical School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil
  • b Department of Medicine, Medical School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil
  • c Department of Medicine, Medical School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil
  • d Department of Medicine, Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, Bahia, Brazil
  • e Instituto de Saúde Coletiva, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
  • f Department of Life Science, State University of Bahia, Brazil
  • g Department of Medicine, Medical School, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil
  • h Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
  • i Department of Preventive Medicine, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
  • j Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario de San Carlos, Madrid, Spain

Abstract

A cross-sectional study was performed involving epidemiological and clinical features of the metabolic syndrome (MS) in Spanish migrants to Brazil and their descendants. This included 479 subjects: Group A (Spanish migrants): n = 215; Group B (descendants born in Brazil of Spanish parents): n = 126, Group C (mixed descendants born in Brazil with either father or mother born in Spain): n = 138. MS was defined according to the original NCEP/ATP III criteria and by the revised NCEP/ATP definition (glucose ≥ 100 mg/dl). Overall prevalence of MS according to NCEP/ATP III criteria was 26.3%. Age/sex-adjusted prevalence was 27.4%. When the revised NCEP criteria were considered, overall prevalence was 30.1% (age/sex-adjusted 31.3%). The differences between the two criteria were 3.8% and 3.9% (CI -1.9-9.4%). When stratified by groups the MS was more prevalent in Group A (37.2%) and Group B (20.6%) than in Group C (10.9%). Environmental factors may have influenced the development of MS. Reason for the apparently protective role of genetic features due to admixture between populations in the mixed descendants needs to be explored. © 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

diabetes Migrants Metabolic syndrome

Index Keywords

genetics Blood Glucose Fasting metabolic syndrome X logistic regression analysis blood pressure clinical feature human controlled study obesity Cross-Sectional Studies body size insulin Humans family smoking male environmental factor Spain female risk factor prevalence Article major clinical study adult Emigration and Immigration Brazil Body Mass Index
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33645302649&doi=10.1016%2fj.diabres.2005.09.006&partnerID=40&md5=bcfa3d62cc98bcb946f5c753d7c3e99a
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.09.006
ISSN: 01688227
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English