Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region: evidence from four countries is alarming

Sozmen, Kaan; ÜNAL, BELGİN; Saidi, Olfa; Ben Romdhane, Habiba; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen; Husseini, Abdullatif; Fouad, Fouad; Maziak, Wasim; Bennett, Kathleen; O'Flaherty, Martin; Capewell, Simon; Critchley, Julia

doi:10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6

Cardiovascular risk factor trends in the Eastern Mediterranean region: evidence from four countries is alarming

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Sozmen K., ÜNAL B., Saidi O., Ben Romdhane H., Abu-Rmeileh N. M. E., Husseini A., ...More

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, vol.60, 2015 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 60
Publication Date: 2015
Doi Number: 10.1007/s00038-014-0610-6
Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
Keywords: Trend, Risk factors, Cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, Obesity, Smoking, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES, BLOOD-PRESSURE, MIDDLE-EAST, PREVALENCE, POPULATION, MORTALITY, METAANALYSIS, SMOKING, TURKEY
Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Many Eastern Mediterranean countries are undergoing dramatic socioeconomic, demographic and life style changes and face noncommunicable disease (NCD) epidemics. We evaluated recent trends in major NCD risk factors in occupied Palestinian territories (OPT), Turkey, Syria and Tunisia.