Burrage, Lauren, and Sinha, Ashim (2023) Understanding the complexities of metabolic syndrome in First Nations Australians. In: Mukhopadhyay, Satinath, and Mondal, Sunetra, (eds.) Metabolic Syndrome: From Mechanisms to Interventions. Academic Press, London, United Kingdom, pp. 93-103.

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Abstract

First Nations Australians experience health disparity in comparison to non-Indigenous Australians. This inequality in health outcomes is driven predominantly by an increase in metabolic and cardiovascular disease. Metabolic syndrome affects up to 50% of First Nations Australians and has significant implications for the risk of cardiovascular disease, type two diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and chronic kidney disease. The striking differences in youth-onset T2DM and rates of T2DM in pregnancy between First Nations Australians and non-Indigenous Australians are particularly concerning and represent key time points for intervention. Management of metabolic syndrome and its complications in First Nations Australians requires a multidisciplinary approach and involvement of Aboiginal healthcare practitioners is essential.

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