The ticking time bomb in lifestyle-related diseases among women in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries; review of systematic reviews

BMC Public Health

Research Article

Salman Rawaf¹  Azeem Majeed¹  Filippos T. Filippidis¹  Mashael K. Alshaikh²  Abdul-Majeed Salmasi³  Hussain A. Al-Omar⁴ 

[1] Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstan’s Road, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, W6 8RP, London, UK;Department of Primary Care and Public Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Charing Cross Campus, St Dunstan’s Road, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, W6 8RP, London, UK;Pharmacy Department, King Saud University, Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;National Heart & Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, UK;Pharmacy Department, King Saud University, Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia;

关键词: Cardiovascular disease;    Noncommunicable diseases;    Obesity;    Diabetes;    Hypertension;    Smoking;    Physical inactivity;    Metabolic syndrome;    Systematic review;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-017-4331-7

 received in 2016-10-18, accepted in 2017-04-27,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThis study aims to review all published systematic reviews on the prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among women from the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC). This is the first review of other systematic reviews that concentrates on lifestyle related diseases among women in GCC countries only.MethodLiterature searches were carried out in three electronic databases for all published systematic reviews on the prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors in the GCC countries between January 2000 and February 2016.ResultsEleven systematic reviews were identified and selected for our review. Common reported risk factors for cardiovascular disease were obesity, physical inactivity, diabetes, metabolic syndrome and hypertension. In GCC countries, obesity among the female population ranges from 29 to 45.7%, which is one of the highest rates globally, and it is linked with physical inactivity, ranging from 45 to 98.7%. The prevalence of diabetes is listed as one of the top ten factors globally, and was reported with an average of 21%. Hypertension ranged from 20.9 to 53%.ConclusionsThe high prevalence of lifestyle-related diseases among women population in GCC is a ticking time bomb and is reaching alarming levels, and require a fundamental social and political changes. These findings highlight the need for comprehensive work among the GCC to strengthen the regulatory framework to decrease and control the prevalence of these factors.

【 授权许可】

CC BY   
© The Author(s). 2017