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AJPH First Look, published online ahead of print Feb 28, 2007
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Prevalence of Obesity and Its Metabolic Correlates Among the Circumpolar Inuit in 3 Countries

T. Kue Young, MD, PhD, Peter Bjerregaard, MD, PhD, Eric Dewailly, MD, PhD, Patricia M. Risica, PhD, Marit E. Jørgensen, MD, PhD and Sven E. O. Ebbesson, PhD

T. Kue Young is with the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario. Peter Bjerregaard is with the National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark. Eric Dewailly is with Laval University, Quebec, Quebec. Patricia M. Risica is with the Institute for Community Health Promotion, Brown University, Providence, RI. Marit E. Jørgensen is with the Steno Diabetes Centre and the National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen. At the time of the study, Sven E. O. Ebbesseon was with the Alaska-Siberia Medical Research Program, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.


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  		FIGURE 1—— Age-standardized prevalence of overweight and obesity among Inuit compared with World Health Organization (WHO) regions.

Source. Prevalence data for WHO regions are from Tables 8.23 and 8.24 in James et al.14

Note. AFR = Africa region; SEAR = south-east Asia region; EMR = eastern Mediterranean region; WPR = western Pacific region; EUR = European region; AMR = American region. Age-standardization to the International Agency for Research on Cancer "world population" was by the direct standardization method. Data for WHO regions was based on 5 age groups (15–29, 30–44, 45–59, 60–69, ≥ 70 years); Inuit data were based on 4 age groups (15–29, 30–44, 45–59, ≥ 60 years).

 

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  		FIGURE 2—— Relation of body mass index (BMI) and mean high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol values, by gender and ethnic group.

 

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  		FIGURE 3—— Relation of waist circumference and mean triglyceride values, by gender and ethnic group.

 




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