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The relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and the prevalence of coronary heart disease was examined in 152 Type 2 diabetic patients (65 men, 87 women) aged 35-54 years and in 105 randomly selected control subjects (46 men, 59 women). Coronary heart disease, defined by symptoms and ECG abnormalities, was 1.2 times higher in male and 3.4 times higher in female diabetic patients than in the controls. In logistic regression analysis (including diabetes, age, body mass index, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, non-HDL-cholesterol and hypertension) diabetes showed an independent, significant association to coronary heart disease in women, whereas hypertension was independently related to coronary heart disease in men. © 1992 Gustav Fischer.

Purpose: Since an association between prostate cancer and some foods or food groups like meat, milk and dairy products, tomato foods, and allium vegetables, has been suggested, we analyzed the possibility that some food items or some food groups could be related to prostate cancer in some other way and not only through their nutrients. The purpose of this study was to test some hypotheses about diet as risk factor for prostate cancer. Methods: This case-control study comprised 101 cases of prostate cancer and 202 hospital controls individually matched for age (±2 years), hospital admission and place of residence. Dietary information of 150 food items was obtained by a quantitative history approach. Results: Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated as risk factors for prostate cancer high intake of fruit, processed meat, fish (most frequently canned) and butter. High intake of chicken, potato and rice exhibited a protective effect. Conclusion: These results support the hypothesis that consumption of meat and fat play a role in the development of prostate cancer. The findings that consumption of processed meat only (not fresh) and fish increased the risk of prostate cancer, as well as the protective effect of chicken, potato and rice consumption should be corroborated by other investigators. © 2010 Zerbinis Medical Publications.

Purpose: Since an association between prostate cancer and some foods or food groups like meat, milk and dairy products, tomato foods, and allium vegetables, has been suggested, we analyzed the possibility that some food items or some food groups could be related to prostate cancer in some other way and not only through their nutrients. The purpose of this study was to test some hypotheses about diet as risk factor for prostate cancer. Methods: This case-control study comprised 101 cases of prostate cancer and 202 hospital controls individually matched for age (±2 years), hospital admission and place of residence. Dietary information of 150 food items was obtained by a quantitative history approach. Results: Multivariate logistic regression analysis indicated as risk factors for prostate cancer high intake of fruit, processed meat, fish (most frequently canned) and butter. High intake of chicken, potato and rice exhibited a protective effect. Conclusion: These results support the hypothesis that consumption of meat and fat play a role in the development of prostate cancer. The findings that consumption of processed meat only (not fresh) and fish increased the risk of prostate cancer, as well as the protective effect of chicken, potato and rice consumption should be corroborated by other investigators. © 2010 Zerbinis Medical Publications.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Latin America. Study design: An ecological study design was applied. Methods: The data on T2DM (i.e. incidence, mortality, disability-adjusted life years [DALYs], years lived with disability [YLDs] and years of life lost [YLLs]) were extracted from the Global Burden Disease 2019 study. To assess the trends, the average annual percentage change was computed using the joinpoint regression analysis. Results: Approximately 2.3 million new cases of T2DM were diagnosed in Latin America in 2019, with about 214,000 deaths. The age-standardised rates of T2DM burden in 2019 were highest in Central Latin America. Incidence of T2DM has increased in both males and females in Latin America over the last three decades, while mortality has increased only in males. Of particular concern are the significant increasing trends in the incidence of T2DM among individuals in the young age and middle age groups (15–64 years) in both men and in women. Increasing trends in the burden of T2DM were observed in almost all countries of Andean Latin America, the Caribbean and Central Latin America (in particular, in Guatemala, where T2DM incidence increased by 2.4% per year, mortality by 3.7%, DALYs by 3.4%, YLDs by 2.7% and YLLs by 3.8%). Conclusions: T2DM is an important health issue in Latin America due to the high mortality and disability burdens and the impact on life expectancy and quality of life of the population. Unfavourable trends in T2DM burden highlight the need to introduce effective public health disease management strategies. © 2024 The Royal Society for Public Health