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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Atahualpa

NCT01770054 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 517

Last updated 2013-03-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A recent epidemiologic survey demonstrated a high prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in Atahualpa residents. Now, the investigators attempt to evaluate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in adults aged 40 years or more living in this rural village of coastal Ecuador.

Conditions

  • Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

OTHER

obtention of a blood sample

a blood sample will be obtained to measure glucose, HDL cholesterol, triglycerides, and for genetic testing

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospital Clínica Kennedy

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Oscar H Del Brutto, MD · Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-03-31
Completion
2013-03-31

Countries

  • Ecuador

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