2020
DOI: 10.5334/aogh.2679
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Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adult Population of Pakistan: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cross-Sectional Surveys

Abstract: Background:The clinical and methodological diversity observed in national and regional diabetes surveys, emphasized on the need of the weighted average prevalence of diabetes. Objective: To measure the pooled prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in the adult population of Pakistan. Methods: The prospective cross-sectional studies reporting adult diabetes in Pakistan and published on any date were retrieved from PubMed, ScienceDirect and PakMediNet databases. In the meta-analysis, PRISMA guidelines were used … Show more

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“…Those individuals who were educated they have better treatment adherence in contrast to non or less educated participants. (10) World Health Organization (WHO) also identified various factors related to the drug adherence. WHO Volume 4 (Issue 2)…”
Section: Significancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Those individuals who were educated they have better treatment adherence in contrast to non or less educated participants. (10) World Health Organization (WHO) also identified various factors related to the drug adherence. WHO Volume 4 (Issue 2)…”
Section: Significancementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Diabetes mellitus (DM) has a strong impact on the quality and length of patients' lives and puts a significant financial burden. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) diabetes atlas 2017 ranks Pakistan at 10 of 221 countries of the World 23,24 . The most recent diabetes prevalence survey of Pakistan (DPS-PAK) was conducted in 2017 [reported prevalence of diabetes up to 32.9%.…”
Section: Mice C Dmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Pakistan has 27.4 million cases of diabetes (≥20 years). Data reveals that 415.03% increase in cases of diabetes in Pakistan from 5.32 to 27.4 million 23 . Pakistan, being a third world country, under strong economic burden, and is already allocating a considerable share in dealing with communicable diseases (e.g.…”
Section: Mice C Dmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic disease affecting more than 34 million people in America means every 1 person is affected out of 10. Based on the recent statistics by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Pakistan was ranked 10 th among the 221 countries of the world and the distributive prevalence of diabetes mellitus was 11.20% in males and 9.19% in females [2].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%