Sociodemographic Variables for Predicting Diabetes in Panama | Zendy

Anselmo J. Mc Donald Posso | Zendy; Jose A. Montenegro G. | Zendy; Clara Cruz | Zendy; Aida Libia Moreno de Rivera | Zendy; Alberto Cumbrera | Zendy

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Sociodemographic Variables for Predicting Diabetes in Panama

Author(s) -

Anselmo J. Mc Donald Posso,

Jose A. Montenegro G.,

Clara Cruz,

Aida Libia Moreno de Rivera,

Alberto Cumbrera

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/dc13-0103

Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , epidemiology , diabetes mellitus , demography , panama , population , multivariate analysis , environmental health , endocrinology , ecology , sociology , biology

Sociodemographic variables (SDVs) are an important component in the epidemiological profile of diabetes mellitus (DM); however, they are not critical for the onset of the disease, since we must consider multicausality (1), as well as other risk factors related to lifestyles and genetics.In Panama, in 2012, concluded the first population-based survey of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease in adults ≥18 years (PREFREC). This was a cross-sectional, descriptive study, with a single-stage, probabilistic, and randomized sampling strategy with a multivariate stratification. The research evaluated SDVs such as living in urban, rural, and indigenous areas; sex; age; social and cultural groups (SCGs) (white, African Panamanian [Afropanamanian], Asian, and mestizo), educational level, and civil …

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