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4024.0: Tuesday, November 06, 2007: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM | ||||
Oral | ||||
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| This informative session will explore the epidemiology of diabetes, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, pre-diabetes and metabolic syndrome. The relationship between pesticides, vitamin intake and family history and diabetes will be explored. | ||||
| Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: 1) Understand the relationship between exposure to organochlorine pesticides and diabetes among Mexican-Americans; 2) Analyze the association between antioxidant vitamins and diabetic peripheral neuropathy; 3) Identify risks of lower extremity ulcer to aid development of effective clinical interventions and future prevention strategies; 4) Identify individuals at risk for impaired fasting glucose and diabetes; and 5) Identify the prevalence of metabolic syndrome and its individual components in the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico. | ||||
| Moderator(s): | Saberi Rana Ali, MBBS, MS, MPH | |||
| 8:30 AM | Welcoming Remarks | |||
| 8:35 AM | Prevalence of self-reported diabetes and exposure to organochlorine pesticides among Mexican-Americans: Hispanic Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Shanna Cox, MSPH, Amanda Niskar, PhD, K.M. Venkat Narayan, MD, Ph, Michele Marcus, PhD | |||
| 8:50 AM | Examination of a cross sectional association between intake levels of the antioxidant vitamins E, C, and B6 and diabetic peripheral neuropathy Yosef Khan, MBBS, MPH, Amy K. Ferketich, PhD | |||
| 9:05 AM |  | Risk factors for lower extremity ulcer in the morbidly obese diabetic patients Elly Budiman-Mak, MD, MPH, MS, Min-Woong Sohn, PHD, Rodney Stuck, DPM | ||
| 9:20 AM | | Factors associated with diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in individuals with a family history Christina M. Lefante, MPH, L. Joseph Su, PhD, MPH, Eric Ravussin, PhD, S. Michal Jazwinski, PhD, Katie E. Cherry, PhD, David A. Welsh, MD, Jennifer C. Rood, PhD, DABCC, FACB, Crystal Traylor, WHNP | ||
| 9:35 AM | | Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its individual components in the San Juan Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico Cynthia M. Pérez, PhD, MS, Ana Patricia Ortiz, PhD, Mayra L. Estrella, MPH, Naydi Pérez, MS, Yari D. Valle, MPH, Manuel Guzmán, MD, Erick Suárez, PhD, MS | ||
| 9:50 AM | Discussion | |||
| See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information. | ||||
| Organized by: | Epidemiology | |||
| Endorsed by: | Latino Caucus; Statistics | |||
| CE Credits: | CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing | |||
The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA