Prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in Bangladesh: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this paper is to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis in order to summarise the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes and their associated risk factors in Bangladesh.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Participants

General population of Bangladesh.

Data sources

PubMed, Medline, Embase, Bangladesh Journals Online, Science Direct, Scopus, Cochrane Library and Web of Science were used to search for studies, published between 1st of January 1995 and 31st of August 2019, on the prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes and their associated risk factors in Bangladesh. Only articles published in the English language articles were considered. Two authors independently selected studies. The quality of the articles was also asse

SUBMITTER: Akhtar S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482481 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature