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Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil

Residents of urban slums are at greater risk for disease than their non-slum dwelling urban counterparts. We sought to contrast the prevalences of selected non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between Brazilian adults living in a slum and the general population of the same city, by comparing the age and...

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Autores principales: Snyder, Robert E., Rajan, Jayant V., Costa, Federico, Lima, Helena C. A. V., Calcagno, Juan I., Couto, Ricardo D., Riley, Lee W., Reis, Mitermayer G., Ko, Albert I., Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
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Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30270904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030047
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author Snyder, Robert E.
Rajan, Jayant V.
Costa, Federico
Lima, Helena C. A. V.
Calcagno, Juan I.
Couto, Ricardo D.
Riley, Lee W.
Reis, Mitermayer G.
Ko, Albert I.
Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
author_facet Snyder, Robert E.
Rajan, Jayant V.
Costa, Federico
Lima, Helena C. A. V.
Calcagno, Juan I.
Couto, Ricardo D.
Riley, Lee W.
Reis, Mitermayer G.
Ko, Albert I.
Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
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description Residents of urban slums are at greater risk for disease than their non-slum dwelling urban counterparts. We sought to contrast the prevalences of selected non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between Brazilian adults living in a slum and the general population of the same city, by comparing the age and sex-standardized prevalences of selected NCDs from a 2010 survey in Pau da Lima, Salvador Brazil, with a 2010 national population-based telephone survey. NCD prevalences in both populations were similar for hypertension (23.6% (95% CI 20.9–26.4) and 22.9% (21.2–24.6), respectively) and for dyslipidemia (22.7% (19.8–25.5) and 21.5% (19.7–23.4)). Slum residents had higher prevalences of diabetes mellitus (10.1% (7.9–12.3)) and of overweight/obesity (46.5% (43.1–49.9)), compared to 5.2% (4.2–6.1) and 40.6% (38.5–42.8) of the general population in Salvador. Fourteen percent (14.5% (12.1–17.0)) of slum residents smoked cigarettes compared to 8.3% (7.1–9.5) of the general population in Salvador. The national telephone survey underestimated the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, overweight/obesity, and smoking in the slum population, likely in part due to differential sampling inside and outside of slums. Further research and targeted policies are needed to mitigate these inequalities, which could have significant economic and social impacts on slum residents and their communities.
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spelling pubmed-60821122018-09-24 Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil Snyder, Robert E. Rajan, Jayant V. Costa, Federico Lima, Helena C. A. V. Calcagno, Juan I. Couto, Ricardo D. Riley, Lee W. Reis, Mitermayer G. Ko, Albert I. Ribeiro, Guilherme S. Trop Med Infect Dis Article Residents of urban slums are at greater risk for disease than their non-slum dwelling urban counterparts. We sought to contrast the prevalences of selected non-communicable diseases (NCDs) between Brazilian adults living in a slum and the general population of the same city, by comparing the age and sex-standardized prevalences of selected NCDs from a 2010 survey in Pau da Lima, Salvador Brazil, with a 2010 national population-based telephone survey. NCD prevalences in both populations were similar for hypertension (23.6% (95% CI 20.9–26.4) and 22.9% (21.2–24.6), respectively) and for dyslipidemia (22.7% (19.8–25.5) and 21.5% (19.7–23.4)). Slum residents had higher prevalences of diabetes mellitus (10.1% (7.9–12.3)) and of overweight/obesity (46.5% (43.1–49.9)), compared to 5.2% (4.2–6.1) and 40.6% (38.5–42.8) of the general population in Salvador. Fourteen percent (14.5% (12.1–17.0)) of slum residents smoked cigarettes compared to 8.3% (7.1–9.5) of the general population in Salvador. The national telephone survey underestimated the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, overweight/obesity, and smoking in the slum population, likely in part due to differential sampling inside and outside of slums. Further research and targeted policies are needed to mitigate these inequalities, which could have significant economic and social impacts on slum residents and their communities. MDPI 2017-09-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6082112/ /pubmed/30270904 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030047 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Snyder, Robert E.
Rajan, Jayant V.
Costa, Federico
Lima, Helena C. A. V.
Calcagno, Juan I.
Couto, Ricardo D.
Riley, Lee W.
Reis, Mitermayer G.
Ko, Albert I.
Ribeiro, Guilherme S.
Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil
title Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil
title_full Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil
title_fullStr Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil
title_short Differences in the Prevalence of Non-Communicable Disease between Slum Dwellers and the General Population in a Large Urban Area in Brazil
title_sort differences in the prevalence of non-communicable disease between slum dwellers and the general population in a large urban area in brazil
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6082112/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30270904
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed2030047
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