| Title: |
Burden of cardiovascular diseases in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2015 study |
| Authors: |
Tehrani-Banihashemi, A; Moradi-Lakeh, M; Elbcheraoui, C; Charara, R; Khalil, I; Afshin, A; Collison, M; Daoud, F; Krohn, KJ; Chew, A; Cornaby, L; Foreman, KJ; Frostad, J; Kassebaum, NJ; Kemmer, L; Kutz, M; Liu, P; Mirarefin, M; Nguyen, G; Wang, H; Zipkin, B; Abajobir, AA; Abouzeid, M; Abu-Rmeileh, NME; Ahmad Kiadaliri, A; Ahmed, MB; Aksut, B; Alam, K; Alasfoor, D; Ali, R; Alizadeh-Navaei, R; Al-Raddadi, R; Alsharif, U; Altirkawi, KA; Alvis-Guzman, N; Anber, N; Anwari, P; Ärnlöv, J; Asgedom, SW; Atey, TM; Awasthi, A; Bärnighausen, T; Bacha, U; Barac, A; Barker-Collo, SL; Bedi, N; Bennett, DA; Berhe, DF; Biadgilign, S; Butt, ZA; Carapetis, JR; Castro, RE; Chitheer, AA; Davletov, K; Dharmaratne, SD; Djalalinia, S; Do, HP; Dubey, M; Ebrahimi, H; Eshrati, B; Esteghamati, A; Farvid, MS; Fereshtehnejad, SM; Fischer, F; Gebrehiwot, SW; Gebrehiwot, TT; Gillum, RF; Gona, PN; Gupta, R; Hafezi-Nejad, N; Hamadeh, RR; Hamidi, S; Hsairi, M; Jee, SH; Jonas, JB; Karimkhani, C; Kasaeian, A; Khader, YS; Khan, EA; Kim, D; Lal, DK; Larson, HJ; Latif, AA; Linn, S; Lotufo, PA; Lunevicius, R; Magdyabdelrazek, H; Majeed, A; Malekzadeh, R; Malta, DC; Meier, T; Memiah, P; Memish, ZA; Mendoza, W; Mensah, GA; Meretoja, A; Miller, TR; Mirrakhimov, EM; Mohammed, S; Nguyen, QL |
| Publisher Information: |
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA |
| Publication Year: |
2018 |
| Collection: |
The University of Melbourne: Digital Repository |
| Description: |
OBJECTIVES: To report the burden of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) during 1990-2015. METHODS: We used the 2015 Global Burden of Disease study for estimates of mortality and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of different CVD in 22 countries of EMR. RESULTS: A total of 1.4 million CVD deaths (95% UI: 1.3-1.5) occurred in 2015 in the EMR, with the highest number of deaths in Pakistan (465,116) and the lowest number of deaths in Qatar (723). The age-standardized DALY rate per 100,000 decreased from 10,080 in 1990 to 8606 in 2015 (14.6% decrease). Afghanistan had the highest age-standardized DALY rate of CVD in both 1990 and 2015. Kuwait and Qatar had the lowest age-standardized DALY rates of CVD in 1990 and 2015, respectively. High blood pressure, high total cholesterol, and high body mass index were the leading risk factors for CVD. CONCLUSIONS: The age-standardized DALY rates in the EMR are considerably higher than the global average. These findings call for a comprehensive approach to prevent and control the burden of CVD in the region. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1661-8556 |
| Relation: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11343/256740 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11343/256740 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ; CC BY |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.E2C80464 |
| Database: |
BASE |