Distúrbios no perfil lipídico são altamente prevalentes em população nipo-brasileira

• Autor(a) principal: Siqueira, Antonela F. A. [UNIFESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Harima, Helena A. [UNIFESP], Osiro, Katsumi [UNIFESP], Hirai, Amélia Toyomi [UNIFESP], Gimeno, Suely Godoy Agostinho [UNIFESP], Ferreira, Sandra Roberta Gouvea [UNIFESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27302008000100007; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4240
• topic: Dyslipidemias; Japanese-Brazilians; Diabetes; Cardiometabolic risk; Dislipidemias; Nipo-brasileiros; Diabetes; Risco cardiometabólico

High prevalence of diabetes has been previously reported in Japanese-Brazilians. In an attempt to better estimate the cardiometabolic risk, this study evaluated lipid disorders in 1,330 Japanese-Brazilians (46% men) aged >30 years. Hypercholesterolemia was defined as serum cholesterol > 240 mg/dL, hypertriglyceridemia as values > 150 mg/dL and low-HDL-C as values <40 mg/dL and <50 mg/dl for men and women respectively. The prevalence of dyslipidemias was compared by the chi-square test between gender and glycemic category. Mean and Standard Deviation of lipids and lipoproteins were compared by the Student t-Test between gender. Hypertriglyceridemia was detected in 66.0% [95% CI: 63.5-68.5] of the population, being more common in men and increasing with deterioration of glucose metabolism. Mean level of triglycerides was 235.7±196.3 mg/dL. The prevalence of hypercholesterolemia was 24.4% [95% CI: 22.1- 26.7]. Low HDL-C was observed in 17.5% [95% CI: 14.5-20.5] of men and 43.0% [95% CI: 39.4- 46.6] of women but total / HDL-cholesterol ratio was lower in women (4.23 ± 0.68 vs. 4.40 ± 0.73, p<0.001). In Japanese-Brazilians, hypertriglyceridemia is the commonest dyslipidemia, in agreement with the high prevalence of diabetes. Men showed a worse lipid profile than women; it was suggested that the Western diet and living habits could be deteriorating their health.