Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Volume 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 460-465

Hyperglycaemia, hypertension and their risk factors among Palestine refugees served by UNRWA [Hyperglycémie, hypertension artérielle et facteurs de risque de ces maladies chez les réfugiés palestiniens pris en charge par l'UNRWA] (Article)

Mousa H.S.A. , Yousef S. , Riccardo F.* , Zeidan W. , Sabatinelli G.
  • a Department of Health, Headquarters United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan
  • b Department of Health, Headquarters United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan
  • c Department of Health, Headquarters United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan
  • d Department of Health, Headquarters United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan
  • e Department of Health, Headquarters United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Amman, Jordan

Abstract

UNRWA's noncommunicable disease screening activities were evaluated among 7762 refugees screened for hypertension and type 2 diabetes in Jordan, Syrian Arab Republic, Lebanon, Gaza Strip and West Bank in June 2007. People were referred for screening most commonly because of age (both sexes), followed by smoking (males) and family history (females). A total of 9% of screened people were diagnosed with hypertension/ diabetes. Being olderthan 40 years, obese or with a positive family history of diabetes or cardiovascular disease increased the risk of presenting with hypertension and/or hyperglycaemia 3.5, 1.6 and 1.2 times respectively. Differences in risk factor detection and screening outcome in relation to differences in lifestyle are discussed.

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hyperglycemia refugee cardiovascular risk mass screening Jordan non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus Syrian Arab Republic human risk assessment Middle East obesity hypertension Lebanon smoking cardiovascular disease male female patient referral risk factor Article Southern Europe major clinical study adult age distribution family history
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ISSN: 10203397
Cited by: 9
Original Language: English; Arabic; French