High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors amongst young adults in the United Arab Emirates: the UAE Healthy Future Study. ...
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
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BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in the world. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), it accounts for 40% of mortality. CVD is caused by multiple cardiometabolic risk factors (CRFs) including obesity, dysglycemia, dyslipidemia, hypertension and central obesity. However, there are limited studies focusing on the CVD risk burden among young Emirati adults. This study investigates the burden of CRFs in a sample of young Emiratis, and estimates the distribution in relation to sociodemographic and behavioral determinants. METHODS: Data was used from the baseline data of the UAE Healthy Future Study volunteers. The study participants were aged 18 to 40 years. The study analysis was based on self-reported questionnaires, anthropometric and blood pressure measurements, as well as blood analysis. RESULTS: A total of 5167 participants were included in the analysis; 62% were males and the mean age of the sample was 25.7 years. The age-adjusted prevalence was 26.5% for obesity, 11.7% ...
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High prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors amongst young adults in the United Arab Emirates: the UAE Healthy Future Study. ...
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mezhal, Fatima ; Oulhaj, Abderrahim ; Abdulle, Abdishakur ; AlJunaibi, Abdulla ; Alnaeemi, Abdulla ; Ahmad, Amar ; Leinberger-Jabari, Andrea ; Al Dhaheri, Ayesha S ; AlZaabi, Eiman ; Al-Maskari, Fatma ; Alanouti, Fatme ; Alameri, Fayza ; Alsafar, Habiba ; Alblooshi, Hamad ; Alkaabi, Juma ; Wareth, Laila Abdel ; Aljaber, Mai ; Kazim, Marina ; Weitzman, Michael ; Al-Houqani, Mohammad ; Ali, Mohammad Hag ; Tuzcu, E Murat ; Oumeziane, Naima ; El-Shahawy, Omar ; Al-Rifai, Rami H ; Sherman, Scott ; Shah, Syed M ; Alzaabi, Thekra ; Loney, Tom ; Almahmeed, Wael ; Idaghdour, Youssef ; Ahmed, Luai A ; Ali, Raghib |
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Veröffentlichung: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
DOI: | 10.17863/cam.96120 |
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