Open Access<p>Prevalence and Associated Factors of Diabetes Mellitus Among Adult Population in Hawassa Zuria Woreda, Sidama Region, Ethiopia</p>
Author(s) -
Yohannes Seifu,
Desalegn Tsegaw,
Yusuf Haji,
Amanuel Ejeso
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.853
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 1178-7007
DOI - 10.2147/dmso.s275230
Subject(s) - diabetes mellitus , medicine , population , odds ratio , environmental health , cross sectional study , demography , endocrinology , pathology , sociology
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the main health problems in unindustrialized countries. According to the International Diabetes Federation report, adults living with diabetes were growing from time to time globally. Worldwide, diabetes mellitus accounts for 8.8% (424.9 million) morbidity and 4 million deaths. Ethiopia is one of the countries frequently affected by the disease with about 2.567 million (5.2%) of its population affected with diabetes mellitus.