Prevalence of proteinuria, hypertension, and diabetes in an indigenous population of the biodiverse jungle of the Colombian pacific coast

Introduction: In Colombia, South America, in 2018, 1,905,617 people identified themselves as indigenous. Recognizing 115 ethnic groups We visited the Chonara Huena and Ipua Euja communities, in the jungle area of the Pacific coast. (See image#1) This study aimed to determine the prevalence of Hypertension, Diabetes, Proteinuria, Obesity, and poor nutrition(See images#2,3) Methods: It was developed by a direct visit to the population, where a sampling was made with people who voluntarily accepted to participate in capillary glucose, spontaneous albuminuria, blood pressure, and anthropometry, recording information in a survey. This is a descriptive cross-sectional prevalence study. With consent for the publication of data and images, with the approval of the ethics committee of the Simón Bolívar University of Barranquilla Results: The Colombian Pacific rainforest region has an area of 83,170 km2 which corresponds to about 7% of the territory. It is the second most tropical biodiverse region in the world

• Autores: Ramírez Marmolejo, Roberto; Ramírez Isaza, Sofia; Isaza Echeverri, Lina Maria; Hernán Mejía, Carlos; Elcy Rojas, Myrian; Aroca, Gustavo
• Fecha de publicación: 2025
• Institución: Universidad Simón Bolívar
• Repositorio: Repositorio Digital USB
• Idioma: eng
• OAI Identifier: oai:bonga.unisimon.edu.co:20.500.12442/16243
• Acceso en línea: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12442/16243; https://www.kireports.org/article/S2468-0249(24)03347-3/fulltext
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States