The ticking time bomb in lifestyle-related diseases among women in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries; review of systematic reviews
Autor: | Hussain Abdulrahman Al-Omar, Azeem Majeed, Filippos T. Filippidis, Abdul-Majeed Salmasi, Salman Rawaf, Mashael K. Alshaikh |
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Přispěvatelé: | Imperial College Trust |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Gerontology
Disease 0302 clinical medicine SAUDI-ARABIA Risk Factors Noncommunicable diseases Epidemiology 030212 general & internal medicine Public Environmental & Occupational Health Aged 80 and over education.field_of_study lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Diabetes Smoking Middle Aged Cardiovascular disease Metabolic syndrome PREVALENCE Systematic review 1117 Public Health And Health Services Cardiovascular Diseases CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE Hypertension UNIVERSITY-STUDENTS Female Public Health Life Sciences & Biomedicine Research Article Adult medicine.medical_specialty Population 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Middle East 03 medical and health sciences Environmental health Diabetes Mellitus medicine Humans TOBACCO SMOKING Obesity education Life Style Aged Science & Technology Physical inactivity business.industry Public health Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 DIABETES-MELLITUS medicine.disease MIDDLE-EAST PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY HEALTH-CARE RISK-FACTORS Biostatistics business Systematic Reviews as Topic |
Zdroj: | BMC Public Health BMC Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2017) |
ISSN: | 1471-2458 |
Popis: | Background This study aims to review all published systematic reviews on the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among women from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC). This is the first review of other systematic reviews that concentrates on lifestyle related diseases among women in GCC countries only. Method Literature searches were carried out in three electronic databases for all published systematic reviews on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the GCC countries between January 2000 and February 2016. Results Eleven systematic reviews were identified and selected for our review. Common reported risk factors for cardiovascular disease were obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and hypertension. In GCC countries, obesity among the female population ranges from 29 to 45.7%, which is one of the highest rates globally, and it is linked with physical inactivity, ranging from 45 to 98.7%. The prevalence of diabetes is listed as one of the top ten factors globally, and was reported with an average of 21%. Hypertension ranged from 20.9 to 53%. Conclusions The high prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases among women population in GCC is a ticking time bomb and is reaching alarming levels, and require a fundamental social and political changes. These findings highlight the need for comprehensive work among the GCC to strengthen the regulatory framework to decrease and control the prevalence of these factors. |
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