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O'Donovan G, Martínez D, López-López JP, Otero J, Urina M, Vasquez T, Niño M, Narvaez C, Campo MC, Perez-Mayorga M, Rodríguez S, Arcos E, Sanchez G, García H, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S, López-Jaramillo P. Physical Activity and Obesity Risk in Adults in Colombia: The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2024:00005768-990000000-00477. [PMID: 38648672 DOI: 10.1249/mss.0000000000003413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2024]
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PURPOSE To investigate longitudinal associations between physical activity levels and obesity in adults in Colombia, where participation in large amounts of light-intensity physical activity is a necessity for many people. METHODS Participation in moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity was assessed from 2005 to 2009 and obesity was assessed from 2011 to 2019 in men and women from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study. Total physical activity level was categorized as low (<600 MET-min/week), medium (600-3,000 MET-min/week), or high (>3,000 MET-min/week) (600 MET-min/week is equivalent to 150 minutes of moderate activity or 75 minutes of vigorous activity per week). Obesity was defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m2. Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, smoking, socioeconomic status, diet, alcohol, sedentary time, and sleep. RESULTS The main analysis included 3,086 men and women aged 51 ± 9 years at baseline (mean ± SD). Compared to the low physical activity group, the odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for obesity was 0.67 (0.53, 0.85) in the medium physical activity group, and 0.78 (0.62, 0.98) in the high physical activity group after adjustment for potential confounders. Smoking is probably a major confounder and it is noteworthy that similar associations were observed in participants who reported never smoking. CONCLUSIONS The PURE study is the only prospective cohort study in Colombia. The present analysis is important because it suggests that even the busy people of Colombia could substantially reduce their risk of obesity by participating in moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity.
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- Instituto Masira, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, COLOMBIA
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- Instituto Masira, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, COLOMBIA
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- Instituto Masira, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, COLOMBIA
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- Universidad Simón Bolívar, Barranquilla, COLOMBIA
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- Observatorio Departamental de Salud de Caldas, Manizales, COLOMBIA
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- Hospital Regional de la Orinoquía, Yopal, COLOMBIA
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- Observatorio Departamental de Salud de Caldas, Manizales, COLOMBIA
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario, CANADA
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- Instituto Masira, Facultad de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, COLOMBIA
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Lopez-Lopez JP, Toro MRD, Martinez-Bello D, Garcia-Peña ÁA, O’Donovan G, Perez-Mayorga M, Otero J, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S, Lopez-Jaramillo P. Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Prevalence, Morbidity, and Mortality in Colombia: Findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study. Glob Heart 2024; 19:10. [PMID: 38273994 PMCID: PMC10809858 DOI: 10.5334/gh.1289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Background Controversies exist on whether the presence of cardiovascular risk factors and their association with major cardiovascular events (MACE) is different between men and women. Most of the evidence comes from high-income countries, hindering extrapolation of sociocultural and demographic factors of other regions. Objective To evaluate sex differences in the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors and the incidence of MACE and diabetes in Colombian adults. Methods We performed a survival analysis from women and men aged 35-70 belonging to the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology-Colombia prospective study. Incidence rates for MACE composite (myocardial infarction, stroke, heart failure, death) and each outcome and diabetes were calculated. Kaplan-Meier curves and log-rank tests were performed. The association between demographic, behavioral, and metabolic variables with MACE and diabetes were evaluated with Cox proportional hazards models. Results 7,552 participants (50±9.7 years) were included; 64% were women. Women had higher hypertension prevalence, body mass index, levels of total cholesterol, LDL-c, and HDL-c but lower triglycerides levels. Women were more sedentary but fewer smokers or active alcohol consumers and had higher educational levels. After 12-year mean follow-up (SD 2.3), the incidence rate of MACE composite was higher in men [4.2 (3.6-4.9) vs. 3.2 (2.8-3.7) cases per 1000 person-years]. Diabetes had the greatest association with MACE (HR = 2.63 95%CI:1.85;3.76), followed by hypertension (HR = 1.75 95%CI:1.30;2.35), low relative grip strength (HR = 1.53 95%CI:1.15;2.02), smoking (HR = 1.47 95%CI: 1.11;1.93), low physical activity (HR = 1.42 95%CI: 1.03;1.96). When evaluating risk factors by sex, only an increased waist-to-hip ratio was more strongly associated with MACE in men (p-interaction <0.05). Conclusions The composite MACE outcome was higher in men despite having a lower overall burden of risk factors. The risk factors contribution was similar, leading us to reconsider the need to carrying out differentiated cardiovascular risk prevention and management campaigns, at least in our region.
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- Jose Patricio Lopez-Lopez
- Masira Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
- Internal Medicine Department, Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Internal Medicine Department, Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Internal Medicine Department, Cardiology Unit, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Masira Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Masira Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
- School of Medicine, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Clínica Marly, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Masira Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- The Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- The Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Masira Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
- Universidad UTE, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Quito, Ecuador
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Lopez-Lopez JP, Gonzalez AM, Lanza P, Martinez-Bello D, Gomez-Arbelaez D, Otero J, Cohen DD, Perez-Mayorga M, Garcia-Peña AA, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S, Lopez-Jaramillo P. Waist circumference cut-off points to identify major cardiovascular events and incident diabetes in Latin America: findings from the prospective Urban rural epidemiology study Colombia. Front Cardiovasc Med 2023; 10:1204885. [PMID: 38028452 PMCID: PMC10643140 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2023.1204885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/13/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Background Abdominal obesity (AO) indirectly represents visceral adiposity and can be assessed by waist circumference (WC) measurement. In Latin America, cut-off points for the diagnosis of AO are based on Asian population data. We aim to establish the WC cut-off points to predict major cardiovascular events (MACE) and incident diabetes. Methods We analyzed data from the cohort PURE study in Colombia. WC cut-off points were defined according to the maximum Youden index. Multivariate logistic regression was used to obtain associations between WC and MACE, diabetes, and cumulative incidence of outcomes visualized using Kaplan-Meier curves. Results After a mean follow-up of 12 years, 6,580 individuals with a mean age of 50.7 ± 9.7 years were included; 64.2% were women, and 53.5% were from rural areas. The mean WC was 85.2 ± 11.6 cm and 88.3 ± 11.1 cm in women and men, respectively. There were 635 cases of the MACE composite plus incident diabetes (5.25 events per 1,000 person-years). Using a cut-off value of 88.85 cm in men (sensitivity = 0.565) and 85.65 cm in women (sensitivity = 0.558) resulted in the highest value for the prediction of the main outcome. These values were associated with a 1.76 and 1.41-fold increased risk of presenting the composite outcome in men and women, respectively. Conclusions We defined WC cut-off points of 89 cm in men and 86 cm in women to identify the elevated risk of MACE and incident diabetes. Therefore, we suggest using these values in cardiovascular risk assessment in Latin America.
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- Jose P. Lopez-Lopez
- MASIRA Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
- Cardiology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- MASIRA Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- MASIRA Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- MASIRA Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- MASIRA Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- MASIRA Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- MASIRA Research Institute, Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
- Medicine School, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Clínica Marly, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Cardiology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario San Ignacio, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University and Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact, McMaster University and Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences and McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Wang Y, Shupler M, Birch A, Chu YL, Jeronimo M, Rangarajan S, Mustaha M, Heenan L, Seron P, Saavedra N, Oliveros MJ, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Camacho PA, Otero J, Perez-Mayorga M, Yeates K, West N, Ncube T, Ncube B, Chifamba J, Yusuf R, Khan A, Liu Z, Cheng X, Wei L, Tse LA, Mohan D, Kumar P, Gupta R, Mohan I, Jayachitra KG, Mony PK, Rammohan K, Nair S, Lakshmi PVM, Sagar V, Khawaja R, Iqbal R, Kazmi K, Yusuf S, Brauer M, Hystad P. Personal and household PM 2.5 and black carbon exposure measures and respiratory symptoms in 8 low- and middle-income countries. Environ Res 2022; 212:113430. [PMID: 35526584 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND Household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with solid fuels has been associated with adverse respiratory effects, but most studies use surveys of fuel use to define HAP exposure, rather than on actual air pollution exposure measurements. OBJECTIVE To examine associations between household and personal fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and black carbon (BC) measures and respiratory symptoms. METHODS As part of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology Air Pollution study, we analyzed 48-h household and personal PM2.5 and BC measurements for 870 individuals using different cooking fuels from 62 communities in 8 countries (Bangladesh, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe). Self-reported respiratory symptoms were collected after monitoring. Associations between PM2.5 and BC exposures and respiratory symptoms were examined using logistic regression models, controlling for individual, household, and community covariates. RESULTS The median (interquartile range) of household and personal PM2.5 was 73.5 (119.1) and 65.3 (91.5) μg/m3, and for household and personal BC was 3.4 (8.3) and 2.5 (4.9) x10-5 m-1, respectively. We observed associations between household PM2.5 and wheeze (OR: 1.25; 95%CI: 1.07, 1.46), cough (OR: 1.22; 95%CI: 1.06, 1.39), and sputum (OR: 1.26; 95%CI: 1.10, 1.44), as well as exposure to household BC and wheeze (OR: 1.20; 95%CI: 1.03, 1.39) and sputum (OR: 1.20; 95%CI: 1.05, 1.36), per IQR increase. We observed associations between personal PM2.5 and wheeze (OR: 1.23; 95%CI: 1.00, 1.50) and sputum (OR: 1.19; 95%CI: 1.00, 1.41). For household PM2.5 and BC, associations were generally stronger for females compared to males. Models using an indicator variable of solid versus clean fuels resulted in larger OR estimates with less precision. CONCLUSIONS We used measurements of household and personal air pollution for individuals using different cooking fuels and documented strong associations with respiratory symptoms.
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- Ying Wang
- College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Colombia
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- Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Colombia
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- Pamoja Tunaweza Research Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Pamoja Tunaweza Research Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- School of Life Sciences, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Life Sciences, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Beijing An Zhen Hospital of the Capital University of Medical Sciences, China
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- Medical Research & Biometrics Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
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- Medical Research & Biometrics Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India
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- Eternal Heart Care Centre & Research Institute, Jaipur, India
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- Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Jaipur, India
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- St. John's Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- St. John's Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- Health Action By People, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, India
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- Health Action By People, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, India
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- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States.
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Wang Y, Shupler M, Birch A, Chu YL, Jeronimo M, Rangarajan S, Mustaha M, Heenan L, Seron P, Lanas F, Salazar L, Saavedra N, Oliveros MJ, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Camacho PA, Otero J, Perez-Mayorga M, Yeates K, West N, Ncube T, Ncube B, Chifamba J, Yusuf R, Khan A, Liu Z, Bo H, Wei L, Tse LA, Mohan D, Kumar P, Gupta R, Mohan I, Jayachitra KG, Mony PK, Rammohan K, Nair S, Lakshmi PVM, Sagar V, Khawaja R, Iqbal R, Kazmi K, Yusuf S, Brauer M, Hystad P. Measuring and predicting personal and household Black Carbon levels from 88 communities in eight countries. Sci Total Environ 2022; 818:151849. [PMID: 34822894 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.151849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 11/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Black Carbon (BC) is an important component of household air pollution (HAP) in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), but levels and drivers of exposure are poorly understood. As part of the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study, we analyzed 48-hour BC measurements for 1187 individual and 2242 household samples from 88 communities in 8 LMICs (Bangladesh, Chile, China, Colombia, India, Pakistan, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe). Light absorbance (10-5 m-1) of collected PM2.5 filters, a proxy for BC concentrations, was calculated via an image-based reflectance method. Surveys of household/personal characteristics and behaviors were collected after monitoring. The geometric mean (GM) of personal and household BC measures was 2.4 (3.3) and 3.5 (3.9)·10-5 m-1, respectively. The correlation between BC and PM2.5 was r = 0.76 for personal and r = 0.82 for household measures. A gradient of increasing BC concentrations was observed for cooking fuels: BC increased 53% (95%CI: 30, 79) for coal, 142% (95%CI: 117, 169) for wood, and 190% (95%CI: 149, 238) for other biomass, compared to gas. Each hour of cooking was associated with an increase in household (5%, 95%CI: 3, 7) and personal (5%, 95%CI: 2, 8) BC; having a window in the kitchen was associated with a decrease in household (-38%, 95%CI: -45, -30) and personal (-31%, 95%CI: -44, -15) BC; and cooking on a mud stove, compared to a clean stove, was associated with an increase in household (125%, 95%CI: 96, 160) and personal (117%, 95%CI: 71, 117) BC. Male participants only had slightly lower personal BC (-0.6%, 95%CI: -1, 0.0) compared to females. In multivariate models, we were able to explain 46-60% of household BC variation and 33-54% of personal BC variation. These data and models provide new information on exposure to BC in LMICs, which can be incorporated into future exposure assessments, health research, and policy surrounding HAP and BC.
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- Ying Wang
- College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Colombia
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- Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander (FOSCAL), Floridablanca, Colombia
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- Facultad de Medicina Universidad Militar Nueva Granada and Clinica de Marly, Bogota, Colombia
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- Pamoja Tunaweza Research Centre, Moshi, Tanzania; Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
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- Pamoja Tunaweza Research Centre, Moshi, Tanzania
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- School of Life Sciences, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- School of Life Sciences, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Beijing An Zhen Hospital of the Capital University of Medical Sciences, China
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- Medical Research & Biometrics Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
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- Medical Research & Biometrics Center, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China
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- Jockey Club School of Public health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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- Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, Chennai, India
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- Eternal Heart Care Centre & Research Institute, Jaipur, India
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- Mahatma Gandhi University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Jaipur, India
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- St. John's Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- St. John's Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore, India
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- Health Action By People, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, India
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- Health Action By People, Government Medical College, Trivandrum, India
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- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Department of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Department of Community Health Science, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States.
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Lopez-Lopez JP, Cohen DD, Alarcon-Ariza N, Mogollon-Zehr M, Ney-Salazar D, Chacon-Manosalva MA, Martinez-Bello D, Otero J, Castillo-Lopez G, Perez-Mayorga M, Rangarajan S, Yusuf S, Lopez-Jaramillo P. Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Hypertension in Colombia: Association With Education Level. Am J Hypertens 2022; 35:610-618. [PMID: 35437579 PMCID: PMC9248921 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Revised: 03/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND A higher prevalence of hypertension is reported among Afro-descendants compared with other ethnic groups in high-income countries; however, there is a paucity of information in low- and medium-income countries. METHODS We evaluated 3,745 adults from 3 ethnic groups (552 White, 2,746 Mestizos, 447 Afro-descendants) enrolled in the prospective population-based cohort study (PURE)-Colombia. We assessed associations between anthropometric, socioeconomic, behavioral factors, and hypertension. RESULTS The overall prevalence of hypertension was 39.2% and was higher in Afro-descendants (46.3%) than in Mestizos (37.6%) and Whites (41.5%), differences that were due to the higher prevalence in Afro-descendant women. Hypertension was associated with older age, increased body mass index, waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio, independent of ethnicity. Low education was associated with hypertension in all ethnic groups, and particularly in Afro-descendants, for whom it was the factor with the strongest association with prevalence. Notably, 70% of Afro-descendants had a low level of education, compared with 52% of Whites-26% of Whites were university graduates while only 7% of Afro-descendants were. We did not find that education level alone had a mediator effect, suggesting that it is not a causal risk factor for hypertension but is an indicator of socioeconomic status, itself an important determinant of hypertension prevalence. CONCLUSIONS We found that a higher prevalence of hypertension in Colombian Afro-descendants than other ethnic groups. This was principally associated with their lower mean educational level, an indicator of lower socioeconomic status.
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- Jose P Lopez-Lopez
- Instituto MASIRA. Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Instituto MASIRA. Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Instituto MASIRA. Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia
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- Instituto MASIRA. Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia,Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Population Health Research Institute, Hamilton, Canada
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- Instituto MASIRA. Universidad de Santander (UDES), Bucaramanga, Colombia,Fundación Oftalmológica de Santander, Floridablanca, Colombia,Correspondence: Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo ()
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Walli-Attaei M, Joseph P, Rosengren A, Chow CK, Rangarajan S, Lear SA, AlHabib KF, Davletov K, Dans A, Lanas F, Yeates K, Poirier P, Teo KK, Bahonar A, Camilo F, Chifamba J, Diaz R, Didkowska JA, Irazola V, Ismail R, Kaur M, Khatib R, Liu X, Mańczuk M, Miranda JJ, Oguz A, Perez-Mayorga M, Szuba A, Tsolekile LP, Prasad Varma R, Yusufali A, Yusuf R, Wei L, Anand SS, Yusuf S. Variations between women and men in risk factors, treatments, cardiovascular disease incidence, and death in 27 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study. Lancet 2020; 396:97-109. [PMID: 32445693 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(20)30543-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 02/18/2020] [Accepted: 02/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Some studies, mainly from high-income countries (HICs), report that women receive less care (investigations and treatments) for cardiovascular disease than do men and might have a higher risk of death. However, very few studies systematically report risk factors, use of primary or secondary prevention medications, incidence of cardiovascular disease, or death in populations drawn from the community. Given that most cardiovascular disease occurs in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is a need for comprehensive information comparing treatments and outcomes between women and men in HICs, middle-income countries, and low-income countries from community-based population studies. METHODS In the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiological study (PURE), individuals aged 35-70 years from urban and rural communities in 27 countries were considered for inclusion. We recorded information on participants' sociodemographic characteristics, risk factors, medication use, cardiac investigations, and interventions. 168 490 participants who enrolled in the first two of the three phases of PURE were followed up prospectively for incident cardiovascular disease and death. FINDINGS From Jan 6, 2005 to May 6, 2019, 202 072 individuals were recruited to the study. The mean age of women included in the study was 50·8 (SD 9·9) years compared with 51·7 (10) years for men. Participants were followed up for a median of 9·5 (IQR 8·5-10·9) years. Women had a lower cardiovascular disease risk factor burden using two different risk scores (INTERHEART and Framingham). Primary prevention strategies, such as adoption of several healthy lifestyle behaviours and use of proven medicines, were more frequent in women than men. Incidence of cardiovascular disease (4·1 [95% CI 4·0-4·2] for women vs 6·4 [6·2-6·6] for men per 1000 person-years; adjusted hazard ratio [aHR] 0·75 [95% CI 0·72-0·79]) and all-cause death (4·5 [95% CI 4·4-4·7] for women vs 7·4 [7·2-7·7] for men per 1000 person-years; aHR 0·62 [95% CI 0·60-0·65]) were also lower in women. By contrast, secondary prevention treatments, cardiac investigations, and coronary revascularisation were less frequent in women than men with coronary artery disease in all groups of countries. Despite this, women had lower risk of recurrent cardiovascular disease events (20·0 [95% CI 18·2-21·7] versus 27·7 [95% CI 25·6-29·8] per 1000 person-years in men, adjusted hazard ratio 0·73 [95% CI 0·64-0·83]) and women had lower 30-day mortality after a new cardiovascular disease event compared with men (22% in women versus 28% in men; p<0·0001). Differences between women and men in treatments and outcomes were more marked in LMICs with little differences in HICs in those with or without previous cardiovascular disease. INTERPRETATION Treatments for cardiovascular disease are more common in women than men in primary prevention, but the reverse is seen in secondary prevention. However, consistently better outcomes are observed in women than in men, both in those with and without previous cardiovascular disease. Improving cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment, especially in LMICs, should be vigorously pursued in both women and men. FUNDING Full funding sources are listed at the end of the paper (see Acknowledgments).
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Affiliation(s)
- Marjan Walli-Attaei
- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Cardiac Sciences, King Fahad Cardiac Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- The Faculty of Medicine, Health Research Institute, Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Department of Medicine, University of Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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- Department of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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- Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
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- Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Quebec, Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Hypertension Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Facultad de Ciencias Medicas Eugenio Espejo, Universidad Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial, Quito, Ecuador
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- Physiology Department, College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Estudios Clinicos Latinoamerica, Rosario, Argentina
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- Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute for Clinical Effectiveness and Health Policy, Buenos Aires, Argentina; South American Center of Excellence for Cardiovascular Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India
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- Institute for Community and Public Health, Birzeit University, Birzeit, Palestine
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- State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Disease, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Prevention, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medicine, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nueva Granada and Clinica de Marly, Bogota, Colombia
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- Wroclaw Medical University, Department of Angiology, Diabetology and Hypertension, Wroclaw, Poland
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- University of the Western Cape, School of Public Health, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Health Action by People, Thiruvananthapuram, India; Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India
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- Department of Medicine, Dubai Medical University, Hatta Hospital, Dubai Health Authority, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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- School of Life Sciences, Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- National Centre for Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular Institute & Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Population Health Research Institute, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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Pérez-Matos MC, Morales-Álvarez MC, Toloza FJK, Ricardo-Silgado ML, Mantilla-Rivas JO, Pinzón-Cortes JA, Perez-Mayorga M, Jiménez E, Guevara E, Mendivil CO. The Phospholipid Linoleoylglycerophosphocholine as a Biomarker of Directly Measured Insulin Resistance. Diabetes Metab J 2017; 41:466-473. [PMID: 29199411 PMCID: PMC5741556 DOI: 10.4093/dmj.2017.41.6.466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Plasma concentrations of some lysophospholipids correlate with metabolic alterations in humans, but their potential as biomarkers of insulin resistance (IR) is insufficiently known. We aimed to explore the association between plasma linoleoylglycerophosphocholine (LGPC) and objective measures of IR in adults with different metabolic profiles. METHODS We studied 62 men and women, ages 30 to 69 years, (29% normal weight, 59% overweight, 12% obese). Participants underwent a 5-point oral glucose tolerance test (5p-OGTT) from which we calculated multiple indices of IR and insulin secretion. Fifteen participants additionally underwent a hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamp for estimation of insulin-stimulated glucose disposal. Plasma LGPC was determined using high performance liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Plasma LGPC was compared across quartiles defined by the IR indices. RESULTS Mean LGPC was 15.4±7.6 ng/mL in women and 14.1±7.3 ng/mL in men. LGPC did not correlate with body mass in-dex, percent body fat, waist circumference, blood pressure, glycosylated hemoglobin, log-triglycerides, or high density lipoprotein cholesterol. Plasma LGPC concentrations was not systematically associated with any of the studied 5p-OGTT-derived IR indices. However, LGPC exhibited a significant negative correlation with glucose disposal in the clamp (Spearman r=-0.56, P=0.029). Despite not being diabetic, participants with higher plasma LGPC exhibited significantly higher post-challenge plasma glucose excursions in the 5p-OGTT (P trend=0.021 for the increase in glucose area under the curve across quartiles of plasma LGPC). CONCLUSION In our sample of Latino adults without known diabetes, LGPC showed potential as a biomarker of IR and impaired glucose metabolism.
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- Molecular Epidemiology of Endocrine Diseases Group, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes School of Medicine, Bogotá, Colombia
- Section of Endocrinology, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia.
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