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SUBMITTER: Al Ali R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3673829 | biostudies-other | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
BMC public health 20130525
<h4>Background</h4>Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasingly becoming a major public health problem worldwide. Estimating the future burden of diabetes is instrumental to guide the public health response to the epidemic. This study aims to project the prevalence of T2DM among adults in Syria over the period 2003-2022 by applying a modelling approach to the country's own data.<h4>Methods</h4>Future prevalence of T2DM in Syria was estimated among adults aged 25 years and older for the period ...[more]