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SUBMITTER: Awad SF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7713435 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Awad Susanne F SF Huangfu Peijue P Dargham Soha R SR Ajlouni Kamel K Batieha Anwar A Khader Yousef S YS Critchley Julia A JA Abu-Raddad Laith J LJ
Scientific reports 20201203 1
We aimed to characterize the type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) epidemic and the role of key risk factors in Jordan between 1990-2050, and to forecast the T2DM-related costs. A recently-developed population-level T2DM mathematical model was adapted and applied to Jordan. The model was fitted to six population-based survey data collected between 1990 and 2017. T2DM prevalence was 14.0% in 1990, and projected to be 16.0% in 2020, and 20.6% in 2050. The total predicted number of T2DM cases were 218,32 ...[more]