IS THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME A USEFUL TOOL FOR THE DETECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN NON-HISPANIC BLACKS?

Simple item page
dc.contributor.advisorSong, Jiuzhouen_US
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Omayra Isabelen_US
dc.contributor.departmentNutritionen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-03T05:41:21Z
dc.date.available2010-07-03T05:41:21Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractBlacks in the country suffer from higher prevalences of obesity, diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease compared to whites. Paradoxically, they have the lowest prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome (MS) compared to whites and Mexican Americans. This is likely due to the fact that blacks tend to have lower triglycerides (TG) and higher high density cholesterol (HDL) levels. We challenged the current lipid criteria established by the Adult Treatment Panel III for the detection of the MS and set out to find more appropriate TG and HDL cutoffs to detect the MS in blacks. Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999-2006, we identified that a more appropriate TG cutoff for blacks to detect the MS is 110 mg/dL but were not able to identify more suitable HDL cutoffs. Our results confirm that race/ethnic-specific criteria should be established for the detection of the MS across racial/ethnic groups.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10491
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth Sciences, Nutritionen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth Sciences, Epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAfrican Americansen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledBlacksen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCardiovascular Diseaseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhigh density lipoprotein cholesterolen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMetabolic Syndromeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtriglyceridesen_US
dc.titleIS THE CURRENT DEFINITION OF THE METABOLIC SYNDROME A USEFUL TOOL FOR THE DETECTION OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN NON-HISPANIC BLACKS?en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
Rodriguez_umd_0117N_11367.pdf
Size:
1.16 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Download

Collections

UMD Theses and Dissertations
Nutrition & Food Science Theses and Dissertations