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CARDONA ARIAS, Jaiberth Antonio; RIVERA PALOMIN, Yennifer  e  LLANES AGUDELO, Osman Mauricio. PREVALENCE OF DIABETES MELLITUS AND DYSLIPIDEMIA IN INDIGENOUS FROM THE CAÑAMOMO - LOMAPRIETA RESERVATION, COLOMBIA. Investig. andina [online]. 2012, vol.14, n.24, pp.414-426. ISSN 0124-8146.

Introduction: diabetes mellitus is a public health problem and is associated with dyslipidemia and improper lifestyles. Objective: to determine the prevalence of diabetes and dyslipidemia and its association with socio-demographic determinants and riskfactors in adults from the Cañamomo-Lomaprieta Indian reservation. Methods: cross-sectional study with data collected from primary sources. Measurement of glucose, lipid profile, anthropometric measurements and risk factors. were observed. We estimated summary measures, proportions and confidence intervals; statistical tests bivariate and multivariate logistic regression. Data stored and analyzed in SPSS 18.0. Results: the prevalence of dyslipidemia was 68.9% and 8% diabetes; significant associations were found between diabetes and body mass index, metabolic syndrome and total obesity and dyslipidemia with age, central obesity and blood glucose. Conclusion: high prevalence of diabetes, dyslipidemia and other risk factors, evidence that the Indians are a group at high risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

Palavras-chave : Diabetes Mellitus; Dyslipidemias; Indigenous Population; Colombia.

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