Type 2 diabetes prevalence among Andean immigrants and natives in a Southern European City.

Bertha Angelica Bonilla-Escobar Luisa N Borrell Isabel Del Cura-GonzálezLuis Sánchez-PerrucaEsperanza Escortell-MayorManuel Franco

Published in: Acta diabetologica (2020)

Andean adults showed greater odds of T2DM compared with Spanish native adults in Madrid, with variation observed by age and sex. These findings emphasize the need for studying immigrant populations in a disaggregated manner to implement specific clinical and preventive approaches.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
glycemic control
risk factors
cardiovascular disease
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle
genetic diversity