Hyperglycaemia, hypertension and their risk factors among Palestine refugees served by UNRWA/ Hyperglycemic, hypertension arterielle etfacteurs de risque de ces maladies chez les refugies palestiniens pris en charge par I'UNRWA

UNRWA's noncommunicable disease screening activities were evaluated among 7762 refugees screened for hypertension and type 2 diabetes in Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, Gaza Strip and West Bank in June 2007. People were referred for screening most commonly because of age (both sexes), fo...

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Published inEastern Mediterranean health journal Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 460 - 465
Main Authors Mousa, H.S.A, Yousef, S, Riccardo, F, Zeidan, W, Sabatinelli, G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published World Health Organization 01.06.2010
Subjects
Demographic aspects
Distribution
Health aspects
Hyperglycemia
Hypertension
Refugees, Palestinian
Risk factors
Type 2 diabetes
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Summary:UNRWA's noncommunicable disease screening activities were evaluated among 7762 refugees screened for hypertension and type 2 diabetes in Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, Gaza Strip and West Bank in June 2007. People were referred for screening most commonly because of age (both sexes), followed by smoking (males) and family history (females). A total of 9% of screened people were diagnosed with hypertension/ diabetes. Being older than 40 years, obese or with a positive family history of diabetes or cardiovascular disease increased the risk of presenting with hypertension and/or hyperglycaemia 3.5, 1.6 and 1.2 times respectively. Differences in risk factor detection and screening outcome in relation to differences in lifestyle are discussed. [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] Les activites de depistage des maladies non transmissibles de I'Office de secours et de travaux des Nations Unies pour les refugies de Palestine dans le Proche-Orient UNRWA) ont ete evaluees aupres de 7762 refugies ayant fait l'objet d'un depistage de l'hypertension arterielle et du diabete de type 2 en Cisjordanie, a Gaza, en Jordanie, au Liban et en Republique arabe syrienne en juin 2007. Les patients ont ete orientes vers ce depistage principalement en raison de leur age (pour les deux sexes), mais egalement pour cause de tabagisme (hommes) ou d'antecedents familiaux (femmes). Au total, un diagnostic d'hypertension arterielle et/ou de diabete a ete etabli chez 9% des personnes examinees. Le fait d'avoir plus de 40 ans, d'etre obese ou de presenter des antecedents familiaux de diabete ou de maladie cardiovasculaire multiplie le risque d'hypertension arterielle ou d'hyperglycemie par 3,5, 1,6 et 1,2, respectivement. Cette etude traite egalement des disparites liees aux differences d'hygiene de vie en termes de detection des facteurs de risque et de resultat du depistage.
ISSN:1020-3397
1020-3397