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Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians

BACKGROUND: The population in Norway has become multi-ethnic due to migration from Asia and Africa over the recent decades. The aim of the present study was to explore differences in the self-reported prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors by diabetes status in five e...

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Autores principales: Tran, Anh T, Straand, Jørund, Diep, Lien M, Meyer, Haakon E, Birkeland, Kåre I, Jenum, Anne K
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21752237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-554
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author Tran, Anh T
Straand, Jørund
Diep, Lien M
Meyer, Haakon E
Birkeland, Kåre I
Jenum, Anne K
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Straand, Jørund
Diep, Lien M
Meyer, Haakon E
Birkeland, Kåre I
Jenum, Anne K
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description BACKGROUND: The population in Norway has become multi-ethnic due to migration from Asia and Africa over the recent decades. The aim of the present study was to explore differences in the self-reported prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians. METHODS: Pooled data from three population-based cross-sectional studies conducted in Oslo between 2000 and 2002 was used. Of 54,473 invited individuals 24,749 (45.4%) participated. The participants self-reported health status, underwent a clinical examination and blood samples were drawn. A total of 17,854 individuals aged 30 to 61 years born in Norway, Sri-Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, Vietnam or Turkey were included in the study. Chi-square tests, one-way ANOVAs, ANCOVAs, multiple and logistic regression were used. RESULTS: Age- and gender-standardized prevalence of self-reported CVD varied between 5.8% and 8.2% for the ethnic minority groups, compared to 2.9% among ethnic Norwegians (p < 0.001). Prevalence of self-reported diabetes varied from 3.0% to 15.0% for the ethnic minority groups versus 1.8% for ethnic Norwegians (p < 0.001). Among individuals without diabetes, the CVD prevalence was 6.0% versus 2.6% for ethnic minorities and Norwegians, respectively (p < 0.001). Corresponding CVD prevalence rates among individuals with diabetes were 15.3% vs. 12.6% (p = 0.364). For individuals without diabetes, the odds ratio (OR) for CVD in the ethnic minority groups remained significantly higher (range 1.5-2.6) than ethnic Norwegians (p < 0.05), after adjustment for age, gender, education, employment, and body height, except for Turkish individuals. Regardless of diabetes status, obesity and physical inactivity were prevalent in the majority of ethnic minority groups, whereas systolic- and diastolic- blood pressures were higher in Norwegians. In nearly all ethnic groups, individuals with diabetes had higher triglycerides, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and body mass index compared to individuals without diabetes. Age, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and WHR were significant predictors of CVD in both ethnic Norwegians and ethnic minorities, but significant ethnic differences were found for age, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. CONCLUSIONS: Ethnic differences in the prevalence of CVD were prominent for individuals without diabetes. Primary CVD prevention including identification of undiagnosed diabetes should be prioritized for ethnic minorities without known diabetes.
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spelling pubmed-31995942011-10-24 Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians Tran, Anh T Straand, Jørund Diep, Lien M Meyer, Haakon E Birkeland, Kåre I Jenum, Anne K BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: The population in Norway has become multi-ethnic due to migration from Asia and Africa over the recent decades. The aim of the present study was to explore differences in the self-reported prevalence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and associated risk factors by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians. METHODS: Pooled data from three population-based cross-sectional studies conducted in Oslo between 2000 and 2002 was used. Of 54,473 invited individuals 24,749 (45.4%) participated. The participants self-reported health status, underwent a clinical examination and blood samples were drawn. A total of 17,854 individuals aged 30 to 61 years born in Norway, Sri-Lanka, Pakistan, Iran, Vietnam or Turkey were included in the study. Chi-square tests, one-way ANOVAs, ANCOVAs, multiple and logistic regression were used. RESULTS: Age- and gender-standardized prevalence of self-reported CVD varied between 5.8% and 8.2% for the ethnic minority groups, compared to 2.9% among ethnic Norwegians (p < 0.001). Prevalence of self-reported diabetes varied from 3.0% to 15.0% for the ethnic minority groups versus 1.8% for ethnic Norwegians (p < 0.001). Among individuals without diabetes, the CVD prevalence was 6.0% versus 2.6% for ethnic minorities and Norwegians, respectively (p < 0.001). Corresponding CVD prevalence rates among individuals with diabetes were 15.3% vs. 12.6% (p = 0.364). For individuals without diabetes, the odds ratio (OR) for CVD in the ethnic minority groups remained significantly higher (range 1.5-2.6) than ethnic Norwegians (p < 0.05), after adjustment for age, gender, education, employment, and body height, except for Turkish individuals. Regardless of diabetes status, obesity and physical inactivity were prevalent in the majority of ethnic minority groups, whereas systolic- and diastolic- blood pressures were higher in Norwegians. In nearly all ethnic groups, individuals with diabetes had higher triglycerides, waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and body mass index compared to individuals without diabetes. Age, diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and WHR were significant predictors of CVD in both ethnic Norwegians and ethnic minorities, but significant ethnic differences were found for age, diabetes, and hypercholesterolemia. CONCLUSIONS: Ethnic differences in the prevalence of CVD were prominent for individuals without diabetes. Primary CVD prevention including identification of undiagnosed diabetes should be prioritized for ethnic minorities without known diabetes. BioMed Central 2011-07-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3199594/ /pubmed/21752237 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-554 Text en Copyright ©2011 Tran et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Meyer, Haakon E
Birkeland, Kåre I
Jenum, Anne K
Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians
title Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians
title_full Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians
title_fullStr Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians
title_full_unstemmed Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians
title_short Cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic Norwegians
title_sort cardiovascular disease by diabetes status in five ethnic minority groups compared to ethnic norwegians
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199594/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21752237
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-554
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