Table 1.
Means and percentages (standard errors) of Argentine and U.S. adults age 35–64 years with selected major cardiovascular risk factors. U.S. estimates are from the 1999–2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES). Except for smoking prevalence (from Argentine National Risk Factor Survey, 2005) Argentina data are from the Buenos Aires sample of the CARMELA study (2003–2004). Data are age standardized to the World Health Organization standard population.[43]
| Risk Factor | Men | Women | ||
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| Argentina | United States | Argentina | United States | |
| Smoking | ||||
| Active (%) | 36.3 (2.0) | 28.6 (1.2) | 28.3 (1.6) | 23.7 (1.1) |
| Passive (%) | 42.4 (2.6) | 10.4 (0.8) | 37.4 (2.3) | 7.5 (0.7) |
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| HDL cholesterol mg/dl [mean, mg/dl]* | 46.5 (0.9) | 46.6 (0.4) | 57.6 (0.9) | 57.6 (0.5) |
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| LDL cholesterol [mean, mg/dl]* | 137.7 (2.7) | 126.3 (1.4) | 127.0 (2.9) | 121.3 (1.3) |
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| Diabetes (%)† | 8.7 (0.0) | 12.2 (0.8) | 4.6 (0.0) | 9.0 (0.8) |
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| Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) mm Hg (mean) | 129.6 (1.1) | 123.7 (0.5) | 121.2 (1.2) | 121.7 (0.5) |
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| Body Mass Index (BMI) kg/m2 (mean) | 27.6 (0.3) | 28.7 (0.2) | 26.3 (0.5) | 29.0 (0.2) |
†
Diabetes defined as fasting plasma glucose ≥7.0 mmol/l (126 mg/dl) or self-reported history of diabetes diagnosis.
*
To convert from mg/dl to mmol/l, divide by 39.