Population
5,222 rural subjects of both sexes in the western region of Saudi Arabia
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May inform targeted diabetes screening among rural Saudi women; leaves open causality and generalizability pending prospective studies.
The study identifies a 4.3% prevalence of diabetes in rural Saudi Arabia, highlighting significant associations with female sex, older age, higher income, and obesity.
Fatani et al. (1987) studied this question.
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