Open AccessEstimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high fasting plasma glucose in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012
Author(s) -
V Pillay van-Wyk,
Annibale Cois,
André Pascal Kengne,
Rifqah Abeeda Roomaney,
Naomi Levitt,
E B Turawa,
N Abdelatief,
I Neethling,
O F Awotiwon,
Beatrice Nojilana,
J D Joubert,
Rosana Pacella,
Debbie Bradshaw
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2022.v112i8b.16659
Subject(s) - medicine , attributable risk , confidence interval , population , diabetes mellitus , disease burden , type 2 diabetes , demography , mortality rate , burden of disease , environmental health , endocrinology , sociology
Worldwide, higher-than-optimal fasting plasma glucose (FPG) is among the leading modifiable risk factors associated with all- cause mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) due to the direct sequelae of diabetes and the increased risk for cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease.
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