the metabolic effect of life style changes due to internal migration from rural to urban areas. a...

The metabolic effect of life style changes due to internal

migration from rural to urban areas.

A Lesson from the Nubian study in Egypt

byProf. Morsi Arab

University of Alexandria

Western desert

Eastern desert

Saini

Nubia

Geographical Distribution of the Egyptian Population

43% Urban

1% Desert

56% Agriculture

30.5

20.5

14.3

13

9.3

6.3

6.1

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 %

age

grou

psThe pyramidal structure of the

Egyptian population

>60

-60

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

Prevelance of DM in whole Egypt in Different Age Groups

0.62 0.80

3.08

15.06

8.25

12.04

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

% p

opul

atio

n

Age Group 10 20 30 40 50 60

0

5

10

15

20

25P

erce

nt

20 30 40 50 60 >60

Age

Diabetes Prevelance & Age Groups

14.7% 14.3%

5.6%

8.5%

2.0%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

14.0%

16.0%

U UN RN RA RD

Prevelance of DM among age group (40 - ) in different communities

Conclusions:

1 -Change in life style ( diet & exercise) in

susceptible individuals or groups, is liable to

increase their predisposition to DM.

2 -The changes are more profoundly demonstrated

among groups that might be originally protected

by some genetically inherited characteristics.

Conclusions ( cont…)

3 -Most of the parameters of the metabolic

syndrome seem to be closely bound

together, and are prone to change under

the influence of the adverse changes of

life style.

Alexandrie – Palais du Montazah

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