Central adiposity and gallbladder disease in Mexican Americans.
Am J Epidemiol
; 129(3): 587-95, 1989 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2916552
Obesity is widely recognized as a risk factor for gallstones. However, to the authors' knowledge, only one study has examined the effect of body fat distribution on the prevalence of gallbladder disease. Mexican Americans are a population characterized by both a high prevalence of gallbladder disease and an unfavorable body fat distribution. The authors examined whether central adiposity (as measured by the ratio of subscapular-to-triceps skinfold) was related to clinically evident gallbladder disease in 1,202 Mexican Americans and 908 non-Hispanic whites in the San Antonio Heart Study from 1979 to 1982. After adjustment for overall adiposity (as measured by body mass index) and the ratio of subscapular-to-triceps skinfold, an increased prevalence of gallbladder disease was still observed in Mexican-American women. Both body mass index and the ratio of subscapular-to-triceps skinfold were positively and independently associated with gallbladder disease in women, while in men, body mass index, but not the subscapular-to-triceps skinfold ratio, was associated with gallbladder disease. Central adiposity is also related to the adverse pattern of cardiovascular risk factors observed in women with gallbladder disease.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Hispânico ou Latino
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Doenças da Vesícula Biliar
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Obesidade
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Epidemiol
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos