Medina-Lezama Josefina, Chirinos Julio A, Zea Díaz Humberto, Morey Oscar, Bolanos Juan F, Munoz-Atahualpa Edgar, Chirinos-Pacheco Julio
Santa Maria Catholic University School of Medicine, Arequipa, Peru.
Int J Cardiol. 2005 Nov 2;105(2):198-202. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.032.
Latin America is undergoing the epidemiologic transition that occurred earlier in developed countries, and is likely to face a gigantic epidemic of heart disease in the next few years unless urgent action is taken. The first essential component of any effective cardiovascular disease (CVD) control program is to establish reliable estimates of cardiovascular disease-related morbidity and mortality. However, such data from population-based studies in Latin America are still lacking. In this paper, we present the design and operation of PREVENCION (Estudio Peruano de Prevalencia de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares, for Peruvian Study of the Prevalence of Cardiovascular diseases). PREVENCION is an ongoing population-based study on a representative sample of the civilian non-institutionalized population of the second largest city in Peru. Its population is comparable to the rest of the Peruvian urban population and closely resembles other Latin American populations in countries such as Bolivia and Ecuador. Our study will contribute to the enormous task of understanding and preventing CVD in Latin America.
拉丁美洲正在经历发达国家早些时候出现的流行病学转变，除非立即采取行动，否则未来几年可能面临心脏病大流行。任何有效的心血管疾病（CVD）控制计划的首要基本组成部分是对与心血管疾病相关的发病率和死亡率进行可靠估计。然而，拉丁美洲基于人群研究的此类数据仍然匮乏。在本文中，我们介绍了PREVENCION（秘鲁心血管疾病患病率研究）的设计与实施情况。PREVENCION是一项正在进行的基于人群的研究，研究对象是秘鲁第二大城市非机构化平民人口的代表性样本。其人口与秘鲁其他城市人口具有可比性，与玻利维亚和厄瓜多尔等国的其他拉丁美洲人口非常相似。我们的研究将有助于完成在拉丁美洲了解和预防心血管疾病这项艰巨任务。
