Diabetes Prevalence and Its Relationship With Education, Wealth, and BMI in 29 Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
Jacqueline A SeiglieMaja-Emilia MarcusCara EbertNikolaos ProdromidisPascal GeldsetzerMichaela TheilmannKokou AgoudaviGlennis Andall-BreretonKrishna K AryalBrice Wilfried BicabaPascal BovetGarry BrianMaria DorobantuGladwell GathechaMongal Singh GurungDavid GuwatuddeMohamed MsaidiéCorine HouehanouDismand HouinatoJutta Mari Adelin JorgensenGibson B KagarukiKhem B KarkiDemetre LabadariosJoao S MartinsMary T MayigeRoy Wong-McClureJoseph Kibachio MwangiOmar MwalimBolormaa NorovSarah Quesnel-CrooksBahendeka K SilverLela SturuaLindiwe TsabedzeChea Stanford WessehAndrew StokesRifat AtunJustine I DaviesSebastian VollmerTill W BärnighausenGodfather D KimaroJames B MeigsDeborah J WexlerJennifer Manne-GoehlerPublished in: Diabetes care (2020)
Among 29 LMICs, diabetes prevalence was substantial and increased with increasing WBIG. In contrast to the association seen in high-income countries, diabetes risk was highest among those with greater educational attainment, independent of BMI. LMICs included in this analysis may be at an advanced stage in the nutrition transition but with no reversal in the socioeconomic gradient of diabetes risk.