Key result
The overall weighted prevalence of diabetes in Pakistan was 26.3% and pre-diabetes was 14.4%, with age ≥43 years, family history, hypertension, obesity, and dyslipidaemia as significant risk factors.
Population
10,834 individuals from all four provinces of Pakistan, surveyed between February 2016 and August 2017.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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High diabetes burden in Pakistan warrants expanded prevention efforts; extends prior estimates but leaves causal effects and interventions open.
Cross-Sectional (n=10,834)
Yes
The prevalence of diabetes in Pakistan is extremely high at 26.3%, indicating an urgent need for primary prevention and management programs.
Basit et al. (2018) conducted a cross-sectional in Diabetes and pre-diabetes (n=10,834). Risk factors for diabetes was evaluated on Prevalence of diabetes. The overall weighted prevalence of diabetes in Pakistan was 26.3% and pre-diabetes was 14.4%, with age ≥43 years, family history, hypertension, obesity, and dyslipidaemia as significant risk factors.
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