PMID- 23243516
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121218
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2090-3499 (Electronic)
IS  - 2090-3480 (Print)
VI  - 2012
DP  - 2012
TI  - Changing trends in the prevalence and disparities of obesity and other 
      cardiovascular disease risk factors in three racial/ethnic groups of USA adults.
PG  - 172423
LID - 10.1155/2012/172423 [doi]
LID - 172423
AB  - Objectives. To examine trends in the prevalence and disparities of traditional 
      cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors among the major race/ethnic groups in 
      the USA: non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs), non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs), and Mexican 
      Americans (MAs). Methods. We used cross-sectional trend analysis in women and men 
      aged 25-84 years participating in the NHANES surveys, years 1988-1994 (n = 
      14,341) and 1999-2004 (n = 12,360). Results. The prevalence of obesity and 
      hypertension increased significantly in NHW and NHB, both in men and women; NHB 
      had the highest prevalence of obesity and hypertension in each time period. 
      Diabetes prevalence showed a nonsignificant increasing trend in all groups and 
      was higher in MA in both periods. Smoking significantly decreased in NHW men and 
      NHB, the latter with the largest decline although the highest prevalence in each 
      period; no changes were noted in MA, who had the lowest prevalence in both 
      periods. Race/ethnic CVD risk factors disparities widened for obesity and 
      hypercholesterolemia, remained unchanged for diabetes and hypertension, and 
      narrowed for smoking. Conclusions. The increasing prevalence of obesity and 
      hypertension underscores the need for better preventive measures, particularly in 
      the NHB group that exhibits the worst trends. The decline in smoking rates may 
      offset some of these unfavorable trends.
FAU - Romero, Camila X
AU  - Romero CX
AD  - Preventive Medicine Residency Program, Colorado School of Public Health, 
      University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
FAU - Romero, Tomas E
AU  - Romero TE
FAU - Shlay, Judith C
AU  - Shlay JC
FAU - Ogden, Lorraine G
AU  - Ogden LG
FAU - Dabelea, Dana
AU  - Dabelea D
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20121202
PL  - Egypt
TA  - Adv Prev Med
JT  - Advances in preventive medicine
JID - 101564961
PMC - PMC3518078
EDAT- 2012/12/18 06:00
MHDA- 2012/12/18 06:01
PMCR- 2012/12/02
CRDT- 2012/12/18 06:00
PHST- 2012/07/26 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/10/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/12/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/12/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/12/18 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2012/12/02 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1155/2012/172423 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Adv Prev Med. 2012;2012:172423. doi: 10.1155/2012/172423. Epub 2012 Dec 2.