Differences by sex in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, impaired fasting glycaemia and impaired glucose tolerance in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on September 01, 2013

Authors

Esayas Haregot Hilawe1, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Leo Kawaguchi, Atsuko Aoyama

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Health Systems, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan .

Associated clinical trials:

Community- and mHealth-Based Integrated Management of Diabetes in Primary Healthcare in Rwanda (D²Rwanda) | NCT03376607

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