A Review of the Cardiometabolic Risk Experience Among Canadian M¨¦tis Populations

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• 作者：Heather J.A. Foulds ; Mamdouh M. Shubair ; Darren E.R. Warburton
• 刊名：Canadian Journal of Cardiology
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：August, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：29
• 期：8
• 页码：1006-1013
• 全文大小：502 K

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Cardiometabolic risk is a growing concern in Western society in which rates of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity are on the rise. Aboriginal populations currently experience unequal burdens of these chronic conditions. However, limited information regarding the experience of cardiometabolic risk among M¨¦tis populations is available. This review sought to evaluate the cardiometabolic risk experience among M¨¦tis populations in Canada. Canada's M¨¦tis population currently experiences greater burdens of chronic conditions including metabolic syndrome, diabetes, obesity, and cardiovascular disease than that of the non-Aboriginal population. M¨¦tis populations also experience poorer life expectancy, education, and employment attainments, and reduced access to health care services compared with non-Aboriginal populations. Interventions addressing the deficiencies in sociodemographic, lifestyle, and social determinants among the M¨¦tis population might help combat rising experiences of chronic diseases faced by these people. Though the burden of chronic conditions, sociodemographic, lifestyle challenges, and social determinants of health among M¨¦tis populations are generally less than that of First Nations populations, M¨¦tis people experience these health challenges and influencing factors are generally more similar to that of First Nations than non-Aboriginal peoples. Subsequently, M¨¦tis populations need to be included in plans and strategies to reduce chronic conditions among Aboriginal populations. In conclusion, M¨¦tis populations experience greater burden of cardiometabolic risk and its components than the general Canadian population.