title: Prevalence of known diabetes and hypertension in the Republic of Yemen.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of known cases of diabetes and hypertension among adults in Sana'a city. Thus 1080 persons aged 20-85 years were selected for interview using a multistage random sampling technique. The crude prevalence of known diabetes was 6.57% (95% CI: 5.2-8.2) and of known hypertension 13.5% (95% CI: 11.5-15.6). The age-standardized prevalence for the age range 30-64 years was 9.75% (95% CI: 7.55-11.95) for diabetes and 17.1% (95% CI: 15.0-19.2) for hypertension. These results provide an estimate of the prevalence of known diabetes, hypertension and related vascular events in a well-defined urban community.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sana'a, Sana'a, Republic of Yemen.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gunaid
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency / Q000235:genetics; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015006:Yemen / Q000453:epidemiology