Coronary atherosclerosis in indigenous South American Tsimane: a cross-sectional cohort study
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University of New Mexico. Department of Anthropology. Albuquerque, NM, USA.
University of Missouri-Kansas City. Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. Kansas City, MO, USA.
Arizona State University. School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Tempe, AZ, USA / Arizona State University. Center for Evolution and Medicine. Tempe, AZ, USA.
Ascension Healthcare. Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Al Azhar University. Cairo, Egypt.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture. Leipzig, Germany.
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Washington, DC, USA / Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH, USA.
Newport Diagnostic Center. Newport Beach, CA, USA.
South Coast Radiological Medical Group. Laguna Hills, CA, USA.
Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. Toulouse, France / University of New Mexico. Department of Anthropology. Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Universidad de San Simón. Department of Medicine. Cochabamba, Bolivia.
University of California. Irvine School of Medicine. Irvine, CA, USA / Miller Women's and Children's Hospital. Long Beach, CA, USA.
University of Nevada. Renown Institute for Heart and Vascular Health. Reno, NV, USA.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Catedra Pedro Weiss. Laboratorio de Paleopatologia. Lima, Peru.
University of Washington. Department of Bioengineering. Seattle, WA, USA.
University of California Santa Barbara. Department of Anthropology. Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Weill Cornell Medical College. New York, NY, USA / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY, USA.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. New York, NY, USA.
University of Southern California. Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Los Angeles, CA, USA / University of Southern California. Dornsife College. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California Santa Barbara. Department of Anthropology. Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Long Beach Memorial. Long Beach, CA, USA / University of California Irvine. Orange, CA, USA.
University of Missouri-Kansas City. Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute. Kansas City, MO, USA.
Arizona State University. School of Human Evolution and Social Change. Tempe, AZ, USA / Arizona State University. Center for Evolution and Medicine. Tempe, AZ, USA.
Ascension Healthcare. Milwaukee, WI, USA.
Al Azhar University. Cairo, Egypt.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture. Leipzig, Germany.
Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of Natural History. Washington, DC, USA / Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH, USA.
Newport Diagnostic Center. Newport Beach, CA, USA.
South Coast Radiological Medical Group. Laguna Hills, CA, USA.
Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse. Toulouse, France / University of New Mexico. Department of Anthropology. Albuquerque, NM, USA.
Universidad de San Simón. Department of Medicine. Cochabamba, Bolivia.
University of California. Irvine School of Medicine. Irvine, CA, USA / Miller Women's and Children's Hospital. Long Beach, CA, USA.
University of Nevada. Renown Institute for Heart and Vascular Health. Reno, NV, USA.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Catedra Pedro Weiss. Laboratorio de Paleopatologia. Lima, Peru.
University of Washington. Department of Bioengineering. Seattle, WA, USA.
University of California Santa Barbara. Department of Anthropology. Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Weill Cornell Medical College. New York, NY, USA / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. New York, NY, USA.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. New York, NY, USA.
University of Southern California. Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. Los Angeles, CA, USA / University of Southern California. Dornsife College. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
University of California Santa Barbara. Department of Anthropology. Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Long Beach Memorial. Long Beach, CA, USA / University of California Irvine. Orange, CA, USA.
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Background—Conventional coronary artery disease risk factors might potentially explain at least 90% of the attributable risk of coronary artery disease. To better understand the association between the pre-industrial lifestyle and low prevalence of coronary artery disease risk factors, we examined the Tsimane, a Bolivian population living a subsistence lifestyle of hunting, gathering, fishing, and farming with few cardiovascular risk factors, but high infectious inflammatory burden. Methods—We did a cross-sectional cohort study including all individuals who self-identified as Tsimane and who were aged 40 years or older. Coronary atherosclerosis was assessed by coronary artery calcium (CAC) scoring done with non-contrast CT in Tsimane adults. We assessed the difference between the Tsimane and 6814 participants from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). CAC scores higher than 100 were considered representative of significant atherosclerotic disease. Tsimane blood lipid and inflammatory biomarkers were obtained at the time of scanning, and in some patients, longitudinally. Findings—Between July 2, 2014, and Sept 10, 2015, 705 individuals, who had data available for analysis, were included in this study. 596 (85%) of 705 Tsimane had no CAC, 89 (13%) had CAC scores of 1–100, and 20 (3%) had CAC scores higher than 100. For individuals older than age 75 years, 31 (65%) Tsimane presented with a CAC score of 0, and only four (8%) had CAC scores of 100 or more, a five-fold lower prevalence than industrialised populations (p≤0-0001 for all age categories of MESA). Mean LDL and HDL cholesterol concentrations were 2.35 mmol/L (91 mg/dL) and 1.0 mmol/L (39.5 mg/dL), respectively; obesity, hypertension, high blood sugar, and regular cigarette smoking were rare. High- sensitivity C-reactive protein was elevated beyond the clinical cutoff of 3.0 mg/dL in 360 (51%) Tsimane participants. Interpretation—Despite a high infectious inflammatory burden, the Tsimane, a foragerhorticulturalist population of the Bolivian Amazon with few coronary artery disease risk factors, have the lowest reported levels of coronary artery disease of any population recorded to date. These findings suggest that coronary atherosclerosis can be avoided in most people by achieving a lifetime with very low LDL, low blood pressure, low glucose, normal body-mass index, no smoking, and plenty of physical activity. The relative contributions of each are still to be determined.
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Atenção à Saúde, Glicose, Lipoproteína, Tsimane
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Atenção à Saúde, Saúde de Populações Indígenas, Glucose, Lipídeos, Proteínas, América do Sul, Bolívia
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KAPLAN, Hillard et al. Coronary atherosclerosis in indigenous South American Tsimane: a cross-sectional cohort study. The Lancet, v. 389, n. 10080, p. 1-21, 29 Apr. 2017.
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10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30752-3