Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Middle –East: Systematic review & meta-analysis

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder described>by elevated levels of plasma glucose (or plasma sugar). It has become one of the major public health emergencies in the current century with more than 400 million adults are now living with diabetes worldwide. Over the past three decades, the global prevalence of diabetes has been doubled from 4.7% in 1980 (108 million) to 8.5% in 2014 (422 million) [1]. Interestingly, it has been increasing rapidly in low and middle income countries including the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region where the world witnessed the greatest escalation over the same span of time.
Source: Primary Care Diabetes - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: Review Source Type: research