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Volume
2:
No. 1, January 2005
ESSAY
Diabetes and Mexicans: Why
the Two Are Linked
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North |
Center |
México City |
South |
| 1988 |
1999 |
1988 |
1999 |
1988 |
1999 |
1988 |
1999 |
| Overweight |
26.3 |
34.0 |
21.0 |
36.4 |
25.6 |
37.7 |
22.3 |
34.5 |
| Obesity |
11.8 |
31.3 |
8.1 |
22.2 |
9.2 |
21.4 |
8.2 |
20.8 |
Figure 2.
Levels of overweight and obesity in 1988 and 1999 in women aged 18 to 49
in Mexico, by region. Data from Rivera et al, 2001 (6).
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Men |
Women |
| Non-Hispanic white |
Non-Hispanic black |
Mexican Americans |
Non-Hispanic white |
Non-Hispanic black |
Mexican American |
| Diagnosed diabetes |
5.2 |
7.3 |
7.7 |
4.5 |
9.1 |
10.9 |
| Undiagnosed diabetes |
2.9 |
2.7 |
5.4 |
2.0 |
4.5 |
3.6 |
| Impaired fasting glucose |
8.9 |
8.9 |
11.6 |
4.6 |
6.4 |
6.3 |
Figure 3.
Age-standardized prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes and
impaired fasting glucose in the U.S. population aged ≥20 years by sex and ethnic
group, based on the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES
III). Data from Harris et al, 1998 (12).
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Nondiabetic mother |
Prediabetic mother |
Diabetic mother |
| Percentage rate of diabetes
among adults aged 20 to 24 |
1.4 |
8.6 |
45.5 |
Figure 4.
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes among Pima Indian adults, Arizona, aged 20 to 24, by
diabetes status of the mother during pregnancy. A prediabetic mother is one who develops diabetes after
delivery. Data from Pettitt et al, 1988 (16).
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1967–76 |
1977–86 |
1987–96 |
| Exposure to GD |
2.1 |
4.0 |
7.5 |
| Attributable fraction |
18.1 |
23.7 |
35.4 |
Figure 5.
Exposure to gestational diabetes (GD) and
fraction of diabetes attributed to GD among cohorts of Pima
Indian adults, Arizona, aged 10 to 19 years (n = 6902). Data from Dabelea et
al, 1998 (17).
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