The Diabetic Immigrant: Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Control. Contributions of the IDIME Study

The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics of diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors in immigrants with diabetes in Spain. A multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study including a cohort of 605 diabetic immigrants and 307 native diabetics was conducted in...

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Published in:Revista española de cardiología (English ed.) 2013-01, Vol.66 (1), p.39-46
Main Authors: Franch-Nadal, Josep, Martínez-Sierra, M. Carmen, Espelt, Albert, Sagarra-Busquets, Enric, Patitucci-Gómez, Flor, Goday-Arno, Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Blood Glucose - analysis
Blood Glucose - metabolism
Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology
Cardiovascular risk factors
Complicaciones
Complications
Control metabólico
Cross-Sectional Studies
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes Mellitus - drug therapy
Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology
Diabetes Mellitus - metabolism
Emigrants and Immigrants - statistics & numerical data
Factores de riesgo cardiovascular
Female
Humans
Immigration
Inmigración
Male
Metabolic control
Middle Aged
Obesity - epidemiology
Risk Factors
South America - ethnology
Spain
Young Adult
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Summary:The aim of this study was to determine the clinical characteristics of diabetes and associated cardiovascular risk factors in immigrants with diabetes in Spain. A multicenter, observational, cross-sectional study including a cohort of 605 diabetic immigrants and 307 native diabetics was conducted in patients diagnosed with diabetes and treated in primary and specialized care in Spain. A consecutive sampling method was followed. We studied epidemiological, clinical and laboratory variables related to diabetes and the presence of classical risk factors. The immigrant diabetic patient was younger (50.4 [11.5] vs 62.7 [13] years) and had fewer years of diabetes progression (5.8 [6.4] vs 10.5 [8.3] years) (P
ISSN:1885-5857
1885-5857
DOI:10.1016/j.rec.2012.07.008