Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in the Adult Population of Iran

Esteghamati, Alireza; Mehdi Gouya, Mohamad; Abbasi, Mehrshad; Delavari, Alireza; Alikhani, Siamak; Alaedini, Farishid; Safaie, Afshin; H Forouzanfar, M; W. Gregg, Edward

doi:10.2337/dc07-0959

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Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in the Adult Population of Iran

Published in Diabetes Care • Dec 28, 2007

Authors:

Alireza Esteghamati

Mohamad Mehdi Gouya

Mehrshad Abbasi

Abstract

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 not exist. With this article, we document a dramatically high prevalence of diabetes in Iran. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Our da...

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Medicine

Diabetes mellitus

Cross-sectional study

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