Abstract Purpose of Review Latin America is the scenario of great inequalities where about
32 million human beings live with diabetes. Through this review, we aimed at describing the …

ObjectiveTo assess the available data on the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS) in
Latin-American countries. DesignSystematic review. Searches were carried out in PubMed …

Context Obesity has emerged as a global public health challenge. The objective of this
review was to examine epidemiological aspects of obesity in the Western Hemisphere …

This study demonstrated that the aqueous extracts of plants employed in Mexican traditional
medicine for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases are able to modify the tone of arterial …

Introduction: Risk scores are essential in primary prevention to detect high-risk patients. The
most common scores exclude hypertriglyceridemia and abdominal obesity in their risk …

The past two decades have witnessed many advances in the prevention, treatment, and
control of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its complications. Increased screening has led to a …

OBJETIVO: Conocer la prevalencia de las dislipidemias en una población de sujetos en
apariencia sanos y su relación con la resistencia a la insulina (RI). MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS …

This study assessed the effect of 3 lipid‐lowering therapies on the reduction of the carotid
intima‐media thickness (IMT) in high‐risk coronary Mexican patients. The study was a …

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) affects more than 1 in 3 American adults.
Hypercholesterolemia is a major treatable risk factor for ASCVD, yet many individuals fail to …

MEANEY, Alejandra et al. Cardiovascular risk factors in a Mexican middle-class urban
population: The Lindavista Study. Baseline data. Arch. Cardiol. Méx.[online]. 2013, vol. 83, n …