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Prevalence, Control, and Treatment of Diabetes, Hypertension, and High Cholesterol in the Amish

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Author(s): Braxton C. Mitchell*, Shisi He, Kathleen A. Ryan, Elizabeth A. Streeten, Patrick F. McArdle...
* Corresponding Author
Description
Diabetes, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia are three of the major risk factors for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a leading cause of death in the United States. The burden of these disorders is not uniform across the country primarily due to socioeconomic status, cultural practices, and lifestyle. To evaluate the effect of these disparities, this study compared the prevalence of the 3 conditions in a subpopulation in the US with that of the general population. The Old Order Amish (OOA) community located in rural Pennsylvania is characterized by distinctive sociocultural practices that include a very cohesive social structure and limited use of modern technologies and medication. A total of 5377 OOA individuals took part in a community-wide survey which included a physical exam and fasting blood draw. The prevalence of the 3 risk factors in the Amish was then compared to the European Caucasian subsample of the 2013–2014 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). This dataset includes demographics, physical examination values, medication history, clinical measures associated blood pressure, cholesterol, and glucose, and statistical assessment and comparison data.
Timeframe
2010 - 2018
Geographic Coverage
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Subject of Study
Subject Domain
Amish
Epidemiology
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Population Age
Adult (19 years to 64 years)
Senior (65 years to 79 years)
Elderly (80 years and over)
Subject Gender
Female
Male
Keywords
Comparative Study
Diabetes Mellitus
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Non-Amish Caucasians
Old Order Amish

Access

Instructions
Data are available upon reasonable request. Please contact corresponding author, Dr. Braxton Mitchell
Associated Publications
He S, Ryan KA, Streeten EA, et al. (2020) Prevalence, Control, and Treatment of Diabetes, Hypertension, and High Cholesterol in the Amish. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care; 8:e000912. doi:10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-000912
Data Type
Statistical
Clinical Measures
Demographic
Genetic
Software Used
SAS 9.4

advanced analytics, multivariate analyses, business intelligence, data management, and predictive analytics

Study Type
Observational
Grant Support
5P30DK072488/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Regeneron Genetics Center/Regeneron
University of Maryland School of Medicine Program for Personalized and Genomic Medicine/University of Maryland, Baltimore
Other Resources
dbGaP

Some deidentified Amish data available via the NCBI database of Genotypes and Phenotypes

NHANES

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2013-2014 survey data

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