Magnitude, Distribution and Contextual Risk Enhancing Predictors of High 10-Year Cardiovascular Risk Among Diabetic Patients in Tanzania.

Nadeem KassamSalim SuraniKamran HameedEric AghanRobert MayengaIris MateiGijsberta JengoFatma BakshiHanifa MbitheJames OrwaGeorge UdeaniSamina Somji

Published in: Patient related outcome measures (2023)

The study confirms the majority of diabetic individuals in the lake region of Tanzania to have a high 10-year ASCVD risk. The high prevalence of obesity, hypertension and dyslipidemia augments ASCVD risk but provides interventional targets for health-care workers to decrease these alarming projections.

Keyphrases

type diabetes
blood pressure
metabolic syndrome
insulin resistance
weight loss
physical activity
adipose tissue
skeletal muscle