{"id":6336,"date":"2011-02-03T19:06:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T00:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/?p=6336"},"modified":"2011-07-19T17:44:36","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T21:44:36","slug":"lancet-papers-outline-worldwide-trends-in-obesity-hypertension-and-cholesterol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/cardioexchange\/2011\/02\/03\/lancet-papers-outline-worldwide-trends-in-obesity-hypertension-and-cholesterol\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancet Papers Outline Worldwide Trends in Obesity, Hypertension, and Cholesterol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(10)62037-5\/abstract\">Three papers published in the <em>Lancet<\/em> <\/a>provide the most detailed view yet of worldwide trends over the last 3 decades in body-mass index (BMI), blood pressure, and cholesterol, and also include numerous details about different regions and countries. Here are a few highlights of the reports from the\u00a0Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group:<\/p>\n<p>BMI:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worldwide, since 1980, mean BMI increased by 0.4 kg\/m2 per decade for men and 0.5 kg\/m2 per decade for women.<\/li>\n<li>More than half a billion people in the world are now obese.<\/li>\n<li>For both men and women, BMIs were highest in some Oceania countries.<\/li>\n<li>Among high-income countries, the U.S. had the highest mean BMI.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cholesterol:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worldwide, in 2008, mean total cholesterol was\u00a04.64 mmol\/L for men and 4.76 mmol\/L for women, nearly the same as it was in 1980.<\/li>\n<li>In high-income countries, total cholesterol fell since 1980, but remained highest when compared with other countries.<\/li>\n<li>Total cholesterol increased\u00a0in east and southeast Asia and Pacific.<\/li>\n<li>The lowest cholesterol levels were found in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Blood pressure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Worldwide, in 2008, mean systolic blood pressure (SBP) was 128.1 mm Hg in men and 124.4 mm Hg in women.<\/li>\n<li>Since 1980, global SBP decreased by 0.8 mm Hg per decade in men and 1.0 mm Hg per decade in women.<\/li>\n<li>For women, SBP declined the most in Western Europe and Australasia.<\/li>\n<li>For men, SBP fell the most in high-income North America.<\/li>\n<li>For both men and women, SBP rose in Oceania, east Africa, and south and southeast Asia.<\/li>\n<li>For women, SBP was highest in east and west African countries.<\/li>\n<li>For men, SBP was highest in Baltic and east and west African countries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2962346-X\/fulltext\">accompanying comment<\/a>, Sonia Anand and Salim Yusuf write that &#8220;the forecast for cardiovascular disease burden in low-income and middle-income countries over the next few decades is dismal and comprises a population emergency that will cost tens of millions of preventable deaths, unless rapid and widespread actions are taken by governments and health-care systems worldwide.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three papers published in the Lancet provide the most detailed view yet of worldwide trends over the last 3 decades in body-mass index (BMI), blood pressure, and cholesterol, and also include numerous details about different regions and countries. 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