ReviewBMC public health2017
The ticking time bomb in lifestyle-related diseases among women in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries; review of systematic reviews.
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- Burden, Trends, and Future Projections of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries, 1990-2023, with Projections to 2050: A Global Burden of Disease Study.International journal of women's health · 2026Article
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- Assessing the contribution of nine preventable risk factors attributed to the burden of early onset colorectal cancer in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Malnutrition and gender disparities in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: The need for action.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
- Comprehensive assessment of physical activity policies and initiatives in Saudi Arabia 2016-2022.Frontiers in public health · 2023Review
- Review of National Healthcare Systems in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries for Noncommunicable Diseases Management.Oman medical journal · 2022Review
- What Comes First, the Behavior or the Condition? In the COVID-19 Era, It May Go Both Ways.Current problems in cardiology · 2022Review
- Burden of musculoskeletal disorders in the gulf cooperation council countries, 1990-2019: Findings from the global burden of disease study 2019.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Barriers to weight management in pregnant mothers with obesity: a qualitative study on mothers with low socioeconomic background.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Article
- Age and gender differences in the prevalence of chronic diseases and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk scores in adults in Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia.Saudi medical journal · 2021Article
- A needs-based methodology to project physicians and nurses to 2030: the case of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.Human resources for health · 2021Article
- Factors Associated with an Unhealthy Lifestyle among Adults in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Association between metabolic syndrome and bone mineral density among menopausal Saudi women: Case-control study.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2021Article
- Greater and More Focused Measures Are Needed to Tackle Diabetes and Obesity Epidemics in the Nations of the Gulf Cooperation Council.International journal of endocrinology · 2021Review
- Cancer incidence attributable to tobacco smoking in GCC countries in 2018.Tobacco induced diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aims to review all published systematic reviews on the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among women from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC). This is the first review of other systematic reviews that concentrates on lifestyle related diseases among women in GCC countries only.
methodLiterature searches were carried out in three electronic databases for all published systematic reviews on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the GCC countries between January 2000 and February 2016.
resultsEleven systematic reviews were identified and selected for our review. Common reported risk factors for cardiovascular disease were obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and hypertension. In GCC countries, obesity among the female population ranges from 29 to 45.7%, which is one of the highest rates globally, and it is linked with physical inactivity, ranging from 45 to 98.7%. The prevalence of diabetes is listed as one of the top ten factors globally, and was reported with an average of 21%. Hypertension ranged from 20.9 to 53%.
conclusionsThe high prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases among women population in GCC is a ticking time bomb and is reaching alarming levels, and require a fundamental social and political changes. These findings highlight the need for comprehensive work among the GCC to strengthen the regulatory framework to decrease and control the prevalence of these factors.
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