Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Mexican Population

Figures & data

Figure 1 Diabetes Mortality Rate, 1922–2002.[2]

Figure 2 Prevalence distribution of diabetes mellitus by age and gender.

Figure 3 Prevalence of arterial hypertension in Mexico, 1933–2000.

Figure 4 Prevalence of lipids abnormalities in the general population. Abbreviations: HCH = hypercholesterolemia; HTG = hypertriglyceridemia; HDL = high density lipoproteins; LDL = low density lipoproteins.

Figure 5 Prevalence of obesity in hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and the general population.

Figure 6 Prevalence of proteinuria in obesity, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and the general population. Abbreviations: GP = general population, HTN = arterial hypertension, DM = diabetes mellitus.

Figure 7 Age-adjusted death rates, relative to 1980, from hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and acute myocardial infarction.[39]

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