Titre : | Exposure over the life course to an urban environment and its relation with obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in rural and urban Cameroon. Commentary : Cardiovascular disease. (2004) |
Auteurs : | Eugène SOBNGWI ; Kgmm ALBERTI ; Terence-J ASPRAY ; Leopold FEZEU ; Jean-François GAUTIER ; André-Pascal KENGNE ; KINRA (Sanjay) / disc. : GBR. Department of Social Medicine. University of Bristol. Canynge Hall. Bristol. ; Jean-Claude MBANYA ; Etienne-Magloire MINKOULOU ; Raphael PORCHER ; Caroline Tournoux ; Nigel-C UNWIN ; Cameroon Essential Non-communicable diseases Health Intervention Project. CMR ; Saint-Louis University Hospital. Ap-Hp Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics. Paris. FRA ; Saint-Louis University Hospital. Ap-Hp Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes and Clinical Investigation Centre. Paris. FRA ; University of Newcastle. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health. GBR ; University of Newcastle. School of Clinical Medical Sciences. Department of Diabetes and Metabolism. GBR |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | International journal of epidemiology (vol. 33, n° 4, 2004) |
Pagination : | 769-778 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Hypertension artérielle ; Environnement ; Milieu urbain ; Obésité ; Epidémiologie ; Cameroun ; Afrique ; Diabète ; Homme ; Appareil circulatoire [pathologie] ; Maladie nutrition ; Glande endocrine [pathologie] |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS DR0xa5Wu. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Background : This study aimed to assess the association between lifetime exposure to urban environment (EU) and obesity, diabetes, and hypertension in an adult population of Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods : We studied 999 women and 727 men aged>=25 years. They represent all the adults aged>=25 years living in households randomly selected from a rural and an urban community of Cameroon with a 98% and 96% participation rate respectively. Height, weight, blood pressure, and fasting blood glucose were measured in all subjects. Current levels of physical activity (in metabolic equivalents [MET]) were evaluated through the Sub-Saharan African Activity Questionnaire. Chronological data on lifetime migration were collected retrospectively and expressed as the total (EUt) or percentage (EU%) of lifetime exposure to urban environment. Results : Lifetime EUt was associated with body mass index (BMI) (r=0.42 ; P |