OBJECTIVE—Despite concerns regarding a diabetes epidemic in the Middle East,
internationally published data on national estimates of prevalent type 2 diabetes in Iran do …

Diabetes mellitus is a common disease and its incidence and prevalence are increasing in
most populations. The trend is particularly worrying in developing countries. The number of …

Background Six of the top ten countries in the world with the highest prevalence of diabetes
mellitus are in the Middle East. The objective of this investigation was to evaluate the …

We estimated the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in the Islamic Republic of Iran by systematic
review of all available studies in the country between 1996 and 2004 and aggregation of the …

Introduction Over the past decades prevalence of diabetes has increased in Iran and other
countries. This study aimed to update the prevalence of diabetes and prediabetes in Iran …

Diabetes mellitus is a significant threat to public health. It is estimated that more than 1.5
million people with diabetes live in the Islamic Republic of Iran. We report on the preliminary …

Introduction: We investigated the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its relationship
between gender, urbanisation, education, marital status and occupation in the Iranian …

Background Over the past few decades, the prevalence of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) has risen
rapidly in Iran and other low and middle-income countries. We investigated the prevalence …

Background Diabetes as a leading cause of death imposes a heavy burden on health
systems worldwide. This study investigated the trends in prevalence, awareness, treatment …

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