title: Trends for type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular risk factors in Mexico from 1993-2006.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the trends in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D), and other cardiovascular risk factors in three national health surveys (1993, 2000 and 2006).
  
  
  METHODS
  The databases of three surveys: ENEC 1993, ENSA 2000 and ENSANUT 2006 were gathered. Calculations of published data were reprocessed to do appropriate adjustments to assure comparability among surveys.
  
  
  RESULTS
  From 1993 to 2006 the prevalence of type 2 diabetes (6.7-14.4%), metabolic syndrome (26.6-36.8%), hypertension (23.8-30.7%), hypercholesterolemia (27-43.6%), and high LDL-cholesterol (31.6-46%) increased rapidly. The prevalence of low HDL cholesterol was very high (60.5-63%) in all surveys and remained remarkably unchanged among surveys.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This increasing trends for the prevalence of T2D and cardiovascular risk factors predicts larger increments in the near future for T2D and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Intensification of the preventive and remedy strategies is mandatory in order curve the foreseen dramatic increment in the disease burden.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México. svillalp@insp.mx
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villalpando
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shamah-Levy
authors.forename: Rosalba
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rojas
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Salinas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D055815:Young Adult