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The prevalence of diabetes and associated coronary risk factors in urban and rural older Mexican populations
Author(s)	Israel G Lerman, Antonio R Villa, Cristina Llaca Martinez
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 11, November 1998
Pages	pp 1387-1395
Keywords	Diabetes ; Older people ; Middle aged ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Mexico.
Annotation	The prevalence of diabetes and its association with food intake, anthropometric and metabolic variables, and other coronary risk factors in urban and rural younger (35-59) and older (60 and over) Mexican populations were examined in this study. Results revealed that diabetes prevalence was higher in men than in women for all age groups: 16.7% versus 9.5% in younger adults and 30.8% versus 22.8% in older adults. For all age groups, diabetes was more highly prevalent in urban communities. Using a multivariate stepwise logistic regression, variables associated independently with diabetes in older persons were: gender, diminished carbohydrate intake, central distribution of adiposity, and functional disability. Diabetes in older people was associated significantly with hypertriglyceridemia, impaired functional status, and an increased prevalence of ischaemic heart disease. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-990302403 A
Classmark	CPD: B: SE: RK: RL: 7TY
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