Rural diabetes prevalence quintuples over twenty-five years in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-285

  Hwang, Christopher K ^a   Han, Pauline V ^a   Zabetian, Azadeh ^b   Ali, Mohammed K ^b   Venkat Narayan, K M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing country; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Rural population; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84862171229     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.12.001     Document Type: Review

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