Diabetes prevalence in rural Indigenous Guatemala: A geographic-randomized cross-sectional analysis of risk

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 13; no. 8; p. e0200434
• Main Authors: Bream, Kent D. W., Breyre, Amelia, Garcia, Kristian, Calgua, Erwin, Chuc, Juan M., Taylor, Lynne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 09.08.2018; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adipose tissue; Age; Aging; Biology and life sciences; Body mass; Cardiovascular disease; Confidence intervals; Cross-sectional studies; Demographic aspects; Developing countries; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diagnostic systems; Epidemics; Glucose; Health disparities; Health risks; Hemoglobin; Households; Identification methods; Indigenous peoples; LDCs; Medicine; Medicine and Health Sciences; Metabolism; Obesity; People and places; Population; Populations; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Public health; Random sampling; Randomization; Regression analysis; Risk analysis; Risk assessment; Risk factors; Rural areas; Rural communities; Sampling; Sampling methods; Sampling techniques; Social Sciences; Statistical analysis; Statistical sampling; Systematic review; Type 2 diabetes; Underserved populations; Womens health; United States; Guatemala; United States > US; Pennsylvania

Developing countries and Indigenous populations are disproportionately affected by global trends in diabetes (T2DM), but inconsistent data are available to corroborate this pattern in Guatemala and indigenous communities in Central America. Historic estimates of T2DM, using a variety of sampling tec...