Assessment of Metabolic Syndrome in a sample of Central and South Americans living in the Washington, D.C. area

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dc.contributor.advisorJackson, Robert T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGill, Regina Marieen_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.accessioned2010-07-03T05:30:48Z
dc.date.available2010-07-03T05:30:48Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Central/South American population is growing rapidly in the U.S., but little is known about the health status. The purpose of this study was 1) to estimate the prevalence of MS and its individual components, 2) compare risk factors among Hispanic sub-groups, and 3) examine how metabolic syndrome (MS) prevalence estimates have changed from 1993&ndash;1994 to 2008&ndash;2009 in a sample of Central/South Americans living in the D.C. area. In this cross-sectional, medical record extraction survey, data from 1993&ndash;1994 were compared with data from 2008&ndash;2009 on 1,042 male and female adults collected by questionnaire. 28% of our subjects had MS. The most prevalent MS components were low HDL (43.2% men; 50.7% women), elevated triglycerides (37%), and high BMI &ge; 25 kg/m<super>2</super> (75.6%). Among Central/South Americans, Salvadorans had the highest prevalence of MS (30.7%). MS prevalence was significantly greater for the 2008&ndash;2009 subjects (27.9%) compared with 1993&ndash;1994 subjects (19.7%) (<italic>p</italic> &le; 0.05).en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10431
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHealth Sciences, Nutritionen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCentral/South Americansen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledEpidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImmigranten_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMetabolic Syndromeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOverweight/Obesityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledTrendsen_US
dc.titleAssessment of Metabolic Syndrome in a sample of Central and South Americans living in the Washington, D.C. areaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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