The rise of diabetes prevalence in the Arab region

作     者：Abdesslam Boutayeb Mohamed E. N. Lamlili Wiam Boutayeb Abdellatif Maamri Abderrahim Ziyyat Noureddine Ramdani 

作者机构：Department of Biology Faculty of Science University Mohamed Ier Oujda Morocco Health Career Training Institute & Faculty of Sciences Oujda Morocco Laboratory of Stochastic and Determinstic Modelling & Research Unit Associated to CNRST Faculty of Sciences University Mo-hamed Ier Oujda Morocco. 

出 版 物：《Open Journal of Epidemiology》 (流行病学期刊（英文）)

年 卷 期：2012年第2卷第2期

页      面：55-60页

学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100214[医学-肿瘤学] 10[医学] 

主　　题：Arab Region Diabetes Prevalence Transition Human Development Regression Principal Component Analysis 

摘      要：Introduction: Arab populations have many similarities and dissimilarities. They share culture, language and religion but they are also subject to economic, political and social differences. The purpose of this study is to understand the causes of the rising trend of diabetes prevalence in order to suggest efficient actions susceptible to reduce the burden of diabetes in the Arab world. Method: We use principal component analysis to illustrate similarities and differences between Arab countries according to four variables: 1) the prevalence of diabetes, 2) impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), 3) diabetes related deaths and 4) diabetes related expenditure per person. A linear regression is also used to study the correlation between human development index and diabetes prevalence. Results: Arab countries are mainly classified into three groups according to the diabetes comparative prevalence (high, medium and low) but other differences are seen in terms of diabetes-related mortality and diabetes related expenditure per person. We also investigate the correlation between the human development index (HDI) and diabetes comparative prevalence (R = 0.81). Conclusion: The alarming rising trend of diabetes prevalence in the Arab region constitutes a real challenge for heath decision makers. In order to alleviate the burden of diabetes, preventive strategies are needed, based essentially on sensitization for a more healthy diet with regular exercise but health authorities are also asked to provide populations with heath- care and early diagnosis to avoid the high burden caused by complications of diabetes.