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Prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular risk in the Middle East and Africa: primary results of the PACT-MEA study

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posted on 2023-05-03, 10:21 authored by Subodh Verma, Naji AlamuddinNaji Alamuddin, Fatheya Alawadi, Hessa Alkandari, Wael Almahmeed, Samir H Assaad-Khalil, Jihad Haddad, Lise Lotte N Husemoen, Landman Lombard, Rayaz A Malik, Emel Mashaki Ceyhan, Hani Sabbour, Gamze Tombak, Gourav Yadav, Sam Salek

The Middle East and Africa bear a disproportionate burden of diabetes and associated cardiovascular complications, yet high-quality contemporary data on the prevalence of cardiovascular risk in people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are lacking in these regions.

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The original article is available at https://www.ahajournals.org/

Published Citation

Verma S, et al. Prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular risk in the Middle East and Africa: primary results of the PACT-MEA study. Circulation. 2023;147(16):1251-1255.

Publication Date

6 March 2023

PubMed ID

36877670

Department/Unit

  • RCSI Bahrain

Publisher

American Heart Association, Inc.

Version

  • Published Version (Version of Record)