PMID- 18273866
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080930
LR  - 20080818
IS  - 1520-7552 (Print)
IS  - 1520-7552 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 5
DP  - 2008 Jul-Aug
TI  - Westernization of the Filipino population resident in Rome: obesity, diabetes and 
      hypertension.
PG  - 364-70
LID - 10.1002/dmrr.807 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Aims of the present study were to examine the anthropometrical and 
      metabolic characteristics of the Filipino population migrant to the Southern 
      European city of Rome, Italy. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out in 
      the city of Rome. Three hundred thirty-five Filipinos (95 M/240 F, mean age: 
      44.0+/-9.8 years, mean residence in Italy: 12.9+/-6.3 years) were studied. Data 
      were collected by standardized questionnaires; anthropometrical parameters, 
      arterial pressure, and fasting capillary blood glucose (FCG) were measured. 
      RESULTS: Abdominal obesity was found in 52.5%, and BMI >or= 25 kg/m(2) in 44.5% 
      of subjects. History of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and hypertension were 
      reported by 6.0 and 9.0% of subjects, respectively. Impaired fasting glucose was 
      found in 13.1%, and FCG >or= 110 mg/dl in 18.5% of subjects. Altered systolic 
      and/or diastolic blood pressure was found in 34.3% of subjects. About 
      three-fourths of subjects were unaware of being diabetic and/or hypertensive. 
      Years of Italy residence showed a direct significant correlation with the degree 
      of changes in alimentary behaviours (rho=0.18, p=0.001), and with weight gain 
      (rho=0.27, p<0.001). Multivariate analysis showed only age and waist 
      circumference to be associated with both diabetes and hypertension. CONCLUSIONS: 
      In the present study, the first to examine the metabolic disorders in a migrant 
      Filipino population resident in Rome, a high prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and 
      hypertension was found. The alarming results emerging from this study should be 
      seriously considered by public health practitioners and decision makers, and made 
      known to the Filipinos resident in Europe.
FAU - Gentilucci, Umberto Vespasiani
AU  - Gentilucci UV
AD  - Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Centre of Interdisciplinary Research, Rome, 
      Italy.
FAU - Picardi, Antonio
AU  - Picardi A
FAU - Manfrini, Silvia
AU  - Manfrini S
FAU - Khazrai, Yeganeh Manon
AU  - Khazrai YM
FAU - Fioriti, Elvira
AU  - Fioriti E
FAU - Altomare, Maria
AU  - Altomare M
FAU - Guglielmi, Chiara
AU  - Guglielmi C
FAU - Di Stasio, Enrico
AU  - Di Stasio E
FAU - Pozzilli, Paolo
AU  - Pozzilli P
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Diabetes Metab Res Rev
JT  - Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews
JID - 100883450
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Philippines/ethnology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rome/epidemiology
EDAT- 2008/02/15 09:00
MHDA- 2008/10/01 09:00
CRDT- 2008/02/15 09:00
PHST- 2008/02/15 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/10/01 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/02/15 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/dmrr.807 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2008 Jul-Aug;24(5):364-70. doi: 10.1002/dmrr.807.