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Prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adult Population of Pakistan: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cross-Sectional Surveys

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    • Publication Information:
      Ubiquity Press, 2020.
    • Publication Date:
      2020
    • Collection:
      LCC:Infectious and parasitic diseases
      LCC:Public aspects of medicine
    • 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 for reporting; the AXIS tool for assessing quality and risk of bias within studies; I2 statistics for measuring heterogeneity between studies and subgroups; and Tableau Public 10.4 for geographic mapping of included studies. Using Meta-Analyst 3.13 βeta, overall and subgroup pooled estimates were measured by random effects model. Results: The pooled sample of twelve studies included 42,051 adults (≥20 years) comprised of both sexes from urban and rural Pakistan. The pooled prevalence of diabetes was 13.7% (95% CI, 10.7–17.3). None of the twelve studies was of poor quality (
    • File Description:
      electronic resource
    • ISSN:
      2214-9996
    • Relation:
      https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/2679; https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996
    • Accession Number:
      10.5334/aogh.2679
    • Accession Number:
      edsdoj.3de19785f5d24bfdb008bf18809131d7