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Improved Metabolic Risk Markers Following Two 6-Month Physical Activity Programs Among Socioeconomic Marginalized Women of Native American Ancestry in Lima, Peru
- Source :
- Diabetes Care. 30:2230-2232
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- American Diabetes Association, 2007.
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Abstract
- It is known that ethnicity is a risk factor for diabetes. Thus, individuals of African, Latin American, and Asian descent are particularly susceptible (1). As an example, a health survey in six urban areas in Peru found a diabetes prevalence of 17% among women (2,3). It was also found that low socioeconomic status was associated with a high burden of noncommunicable diseases and appeared as an independent risk factor for diabetes. In several populations, it is known that increased physical activity reduces the risk for diabetes (4,5). Whether this applies for all populations is, however, not known. The aim of the present study was to explore if supervised endurance training is feasible among socioeconomically marginalized women of a poor urban area in Lima, Peru. The study population consisted of 142 Amerindian women. They were all examined in 1999 (6) and had a normal fasting plasma glucose concentration (range 2.8–5.6 mmol/l). Five years later, a total of 83 women participated in a follow-up examination (7). Of these, 76 consented to take part in the present training study. Mean age was 41 years (range 25–64 years). The women were randomly assigned into group A (one training session per week) or group B (three training sessions per week). No economic compensation was given besides free athlete suits …
- Subjects :
- Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Urban Population
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Ethnic group
Risk Factors
Endurance training
Diabetes mellitus
Peru
Epidemiology
Internal Medicine
medicine
Humans
Risk factor
Poverty
Socioeconomic status
Advanced and Specialized Nursing
business.industry
Indians, South American
Public health
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Exercise Therapy
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
Social Class
Feasibility Studies
Population study
Female
business
Biomarkers
Demography
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19355548 and 01495992
- Volume :
- 30
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Diabetes Care
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....dd0a4c1f18ef66dd2914d6dd1c1b6da3