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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 15.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Cardiol. 2015 Jan 27;183:82–88. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.062

Table 3.

Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Southern Cone of Latin America

Overweig
ht
Obesit
y
Centr
al
Obesit
y
Hypertensi
on
CK
D
Hyper-
cholesterole
mia
High
LDL-
cholester
ol
Low
HDL-
cholester
ol
Hyper-
triglyceride
mia
Dyslipide
mia
Diabet
es
Metabol
ic
syndro
me
Overall 41.3 (39.9, 42.7) 35.7 (34.4, 37.0) 52.9 (51.6, 54.3) 40.8 (39.4, 42.1) 2.0 (1.7, 2.3) 24.4 (23.3, 25.6) 23.1 (22.0, 24.3) 34.1 (32.8, 35.5) 22.1 (20.9, 23.3) 58.4 (57.0, 59.8) 12.4 (115, 13.3) 37.4 (36.0, 38.7)

Sex
 Men 47.7 (45.6, 49.8) 31.9 (30.0, 33.8) 35.7 (33.7, 37.7) 44.7 (42.6, 46.7) 1.8 ( 1.4, 2.2) 23.1 (21.4, 24.9) 21.9 (20.2, 23.6) 46.6 (44.5, 48.7) 29.6 (27.6, 31.5) 68.3 (66.3, 70.2) 10.6 ( 9.4, 11.7) 34.5 (32.5, 36.4)
 Women 35.5 (33.7, 37.3) 39.1 (37.3, 40.9) 68.4 (66.6, 70.1) 37.3 (35.5, 39.0) 2.2 ( 1.7, 2.6) 25.6 (24.0, 27.1) 24.2 (22.6, 25.7) 22.9 (21.3, 24.6) 15.5 (14.1, 16.8) 49.6 (47.7, 51.5) 14.0 (12.8, 15.3) 40.0 (38.2, 41.8)

Location
 Marcos Paz, Argentina 34.2 (31.9, 36.6) 44.7 (42.3, 47.2) 54.4 (51.9, 56.8) 41.0 (38.7, 43.4) 2.3 ( 1.7, 2.9) 22.7 (20.7, 24.6) 21.2 (19.2, 23.2) 38.3 (35.8, 40.7) 23.2 (21.0, 25.4) 61.8 (59.4, 64.1) 11.9 (10.4, 13.4) 38.5 (36.2, 40.9)
 Bariloche, Argentina 40.0 (37.7, 42.4) 32.2 (30.0, 34.4) 46.5 (44.1, 48.8) 45.3 (42.9, 47.6) 1.7 ( 1.2, 2.2) 20.8 (18.9, 22.6) 19.5 (17.7, 21.4) 32.7 (30.5, 35.0) 19.3 (17.4, 21.2) 53.6 (51.2, 55.9) 8.4 ( 7.2, 9.6) 35.5 (33.3, 37.7)
 Temuco, Chile 45.5 (43.0, 47.9) 35.6 (33.3, 37.9) 54.9 (52.5, 57.3) 36.9 (34.6, 39.1) 1.7 ( 1.3, 2.2) 24.8 (22.8, 26.8) 22.9 (20.9, 24.9) 36.9 (34.5, 39.3) 25.7 (23.6, 27.9) 61.6 (59.2, 64.0) 14.3 (12.7, 15.8) 39.0 (36.6, 41.4)
Barros Blancos, Uruguay 35.1 (32.6, 37.6) 36.7 (34.2, 39.2) 57.6 (55.0, 60.2) 44.5 (41.9, 47.0) 3.2 (2.4, 3.9) 31.0 (28.7, 33.4) 31.6 (29.2, 34.1) 25.4 (23.1, 27.8) 15.7 (13.8, 17.6) 55.2 (52.6, 57.8) 14.2 (12.5, 15.9) 35.1 (32.6, 37.5)

Age groups, yr
 35-44 41.3 (38.6, 44.1) 32.4 (29.8, 35.0) 46.0 (43.2, 48.7) 22.5 (20.2, 24.8) 0.1 (0.0 , 0.3) 13.5 (11.5, 15.4) 12.4 (10.6, 14.3) 36.9 (34.1, 39.6) 20.4 (18.1, 22.7) 52.6 (49.8, 55.4) 6.1 ( 4.7, 7.4) 25.8 (23.3, 28.2)
 45-54 42.1 (39.7, 44.6) 35.3 (33.0, 37.7) 51.7 (49.2, 54.1) 38.8 (36.4, 41.2) 0.7 ( 0.3, 1.1) 24.2 (22.1, 26.4) 23.6 (21.4, 25.7) 35.9 (33.5, 38.3) 23.4 (21.3, 25.6) 59.6 (57.1, 62.0) 11.1 ( 9.5, 12.7) 37.7 (35.3, 40.1)
 55-64 41.2 (38.8, 43.6) 39.3 (37.0, 41.7) 60.2 (57.9, 62.6) 57.2 (54.8, 59.6) 3.5 ( 2.6, 4.3) 35.6 (33.3, 38.0) 33.5 (31.1, 35.9) 31.8 (29.5, 34.1) 25.0 (22.8, 27.2) 64.4 (62.0, 66.7) 18.4 (16.5, 20.3) 48.5 (46.1, 50.9)
 65-74 39.3 (36.7, 42.0) 40.6 (37.9, 43.2) 64.6 (62.0, 67.2) 72.4 (69.9, 74.8) 8.2 ( 6.8, 9.7) 39.2 (36.5, 41.9) 36.8 (34.1, 39.5) 25.7 (23.3, 28.1) 19.6 (17.5, 21.8) 63.2 (60.6, 65.8) 24.1 (21.7, 26.4) 53.0 (50.3, 55.7)

Overweight: body-mass index ≥25 and <30 kg/m2; Obesity: body-mass index ≥30 kg/m2; Central obesity: waist circumference ≥102 for men and ≥88 cm for women; Hypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg and/or use of antihypertensive medication; Chronic kidney disease: estimated-glomerular filtration rate <60 ml/min/173 m2; Hypercholesterolemia: total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dL and/or use of lipid-lowering medication; High LDL-cholesterol: LDL-cholesterol ≥160 mg/dL and/or use of lipid-lowering medication; Low HDL-cholesterol: HDL-cholesterol <40 mg/dL; Hypertriglyceridemia: triglyceride ≥200 mg/dL; Dyslipidemia: total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dL and/or LDL-cholesterol ≥160 mg/dL and/or HDL-cholesterol <40 mg/dL and/or triglyceride ≥200 mg/dL and/or use of lipid-lowering medication; Diabetes: fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL or selfreported history of diabetes; Metabolic syndrome: 3 or more metabolic risk factors (waist circumference ≥102 cm in men and 88 cm in women, triglyceride ≥150 mg/dL, HDL-cholesterol <40 mg/dL in men and 50 mg/dL in women, blood pressure ≥135/85 mm Hg or use of antihypertensive medications, and fasting glucose ≥110 mg/dL or anti-diabetic therapy).