Prevalence and determinants of diabetes and prediabetes in southwestern Iran: the Khuzestan comprehensive health study (KCHS)

Prevalence and determinants of diabetes and prediabetes in southwestern Iran: the Khuzestan comprehensive health study (KCHS)

Background The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is postulated to have the highest increase in the prevalence of diabetes by 2030; however, studies on the epidemiology of diabetes are rather limited across the region, including in Iran. Methods This study was conducted between 2016 and 2018 among...

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Main Authors: Sanam Hariri, Zahra Rahimi, Nahid Hashemi-Madani, Seyyed Ali Mard, Farnaz Hashemi, Zahra Mohammadi, Leila Danehchin, Farhad Abolnezhadian, Aliasghar Valipour, Yousef Paridar, Mohammad Mahdi Mir-Nasseri, Alireza Khajavi, Sahar Masoudi, Saba Alvand, Bahman Cheraghian, Ali Akbar Shayesteh, Mohammad E. Khamseh, Hossein Poustchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Subjects:
Diabetes
Prediabetes
Epidemiology
Risk-factors
Low and middle-income countries
Middle-east
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12902-021-00790-x

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