Objective—To search for evidence of MRDM among Ethiopian patients. Research Design
and Methods—We reviewed the records from March 1976 to January 1991 of 1835 …

The aim of the study was to give the first estimation of the prevalence of diabetes and
impaired fasting glucose (IFG) in Ouagadougou and to investigate the factors which are …

Background All countries, irrespective of their developmental stage, face an increasing
burden of non-communicable diseases including diabetes mellitus. There is substantial …

Background Obesity and overweight are rising worldwide while underweight rates persist in
low-income countries. The aim of this study was to examine changes in the prevalence of …

Background Existing prevention and treatment strategies target the classic types of diabetes
yet this approach might not always be appropriate in some settings where atypical …

Background Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats
to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and …

Major sociodemographic changes have occurred in Egypt to promote the development of
noncommunicable diseases. We have performed a cross‐sectional, population‐based …

Objective To examine the prevalence of and the association of psychosocial risk factors with
diabetes in 25–74-year-old black Africans in Cape Town in 2008/09 and to compare the …

Aims To investigate the probability of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) at different
body mass index levels compared to matched non‐diabetic controls in a multi‐ethnic …

Diabetes mellitus is becoming one of the major health problems in the developing countries.
As the International Diabetes Federation suggests that the number of adults living with …