Metabolic syndrome in a sub-Saharan African setting: Central obesity may be the key determinant

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-76

  Fezeu, Leopold ^a,b,c   Balkau, Beverley ^a   Kengne, André Pascal ^c,d   Sobngwi, Eugène ^e   Mbanya, Jean Claude ^c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

^e YAOUNDÉ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Central obesity; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Sub Saharan Africa; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CAMEROON; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34248649573     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.08.037     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Kahn R., Buse J., Ferrannini E., and Stern M. The metabolic syndrome: time for a critical appraisal: joint statement from the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes. Diab Care 28 (2005) 2289-2304
2. Alberti K.G., Zimmet P., and Shaw J. The metabolic syndrome-a new worldwide definition. Lancet 366 (2005) 1059-1062
3. Grundy S.M., Cleeman J.I., Daniels S.R., et al. Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome: an American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Statement. Circulation 112 (2005) 2735-2752
4. Carr D.B., Utzschneider K.M., Hull R.L., et al. Intra-abdominal fat is a major determinant of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III criteria for the metabolic syndrome. Diabetes 53 (2004) 2087-2094
5. Park Y.W., Zhu S., Palaniappan L., et al. The metabolic syndrome: prevalence and associated risk factor findings in the US population from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Arch Intern Med 163 (2003) 427-436
6. Ford E.S., Giles W.H., and Dietz W.H. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among US adults: findings from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. JAMA 287 (2002) 356-359
7. Apridonidze T., Essah P.A., Iuorno M.J., and Nestler J.E. Prevalence and characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90 (2005) 1929-1935
8. Mbanya J.C., Minkoulou E.M., Salah J.N., and Balkau B. The prevalence of hypertension in rural and urban Cameroon. Int J Epidemiol 27 (1998) 181-185
9. Mbanya J.C., Ngogang J., Salah J.N., et al. Prevalence of NIDDM and impaired glucose tolerance in a rural and an urban population in Cameroon. Diabetologia 40 (1997) 824-829
10. Puoane T., Steyn K., Bradshaw D., et al. Obesity in South Africa: the South African demographic and health survey. Obes Res 10 (2002) 1038-1048
11. van der Sande M.A., Milligan P.J., Nyan O.A., et al. Blood pressure patterns and cardiovascular risk factors in rural and urban gambian communities. J Hum Hypertens 14 (2000) 489-496
12. Fuentes R., Uusitalo T., Puska P., et al. Blood cholesterol level and prevalence of hypercholesterolaemia in developing countries: a review of population-based studies carried out from 1979 to 2002. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 10 (2003) 411-419
13. Alberti K.G., and Zimmet P.Z. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1: diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus provisional report of a WHO consultation. Diabet Med 15 (1998) 539-553
14. Executive Summary of The Third Report of The National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, And Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol In Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). JAMA 2001;285:2486-97.
15. Balkau B., Charles M.A., Drivsholm T., et al. Frequency of the WHO metabolic syndrome in European cohorts, and an alternative definition of an insulin resistance syndrome. Diab Metab 28 (2002) 364-376
16. Gu D., Reynolds K., Wu X., et al. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and overweight among adults in China. Lancet 365 (2005) 1398-1405
17. Gupta R., Deedwania P.C., Gupta A., et al. Prevalence of metabolic syndrome in an Indian urban population. Int J Cardiol 97 (2004) 257-261
18. Ko G.T., Cockram C.S., Chow C.C., et al. High prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Hong Kong Chinese-comparison of three diagnostic criteria. Diab Res Clin Pract 69 (2005) 160-168
19. Deurenberg P., Yap M., and van Staveren W.A. Body mass index and percent body fat: a meta analysis among different ethnic groups. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 22 (1998) 1164-1171
20. Luke A., Durazo-Arvizu R., Rotimi C., et al. Relation between body mass index and body fat in black population samples from Nigeria, Jamaica, and the United States. Am J Epidemiol 145 (1997) 620-628
21. Fezeu L., Minkoulou E., Balkau B., et al. Association between socioeconomic status and adiposity in urban Cameroon. Int J Epidemiol 35 (2006) 105-111
22. Kim M.H., Kim M.K., Choi B.Y., and Shin Y.J. Educational disparities in the metabolic syndrome in a rapidly changing society-the case of South Korea. Int J Epidemiol 34 (2005) 1266-1273
23. Sobngwi E., Mbanya J.C., Unwin N.C., et al. Physical activity and its relationship with obesity, hypertension and diabetes in urban and rural Cameroon. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26 (2002) 1009-1016
24. Deurenberg P., Deurenberg Yap M., Wang J., et al. The impact of body build on the relationship between body mass index and percent body fat. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 23 (1999) 537-542
25. Han T.S., van Leer E.M., Seidell J.C., and Lean M.E. Waist circumference as a screening tool for cardiovascular risk factors: evaluation of receiver operating characteristics (ROC). Obes Res 4 (1996) 533-547
26. Berrios X., Koponen T., Huiguang T., et al. Distribution and prevalence of major risk factors of noncommunicable diseases in selected countries: the WHO Inter-Health Programme. Bull World Health Org 75 (1997) 99-108
27. Ford E.S., and Giles W.H. A comparison of the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome using two proposed definitions. Diab Care 26 (2003) 575-581
28. Zoratti R. A review on ethnic differences in plasma triglycerides and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol: is the lipid pattern the key factor for the low coronary heart disease rate in people of African origin?. Eur J Epidemiol 14 (1998) 9-21