Bishal Gyawali|Rajan Sharma|Dinesh Neupane|Shiva Raj Mishra|Edwin van Teijlingen|Per Kallestrup
Prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Nepal: a systematic review and meta-analysis from 2000 to 2014
Aarhus University|Nepal Red Cross Society|Nepal Red Cross Society|Aarhus University|Nepal Red Cross Society|Nepal Red Cross Society|Bournemouth University|Aarhus University
understanding prevalence type 2 diabetes nepal help planning health services recognising risk factors review aims systematically identify collate studies describing prevalence type 2 diabetes summarise findings explore selected factors may influence prevalence estimatesthis systematic review conducted adherence moose guidelines metaanalysis systematic reviews observational studies medical literature analysis retrieval system medline database 1 january 2000 31 december 2014 searched prevalence type 2 diabetes among nepalese populations combination search terms exploded search terms include possible synonyms spellings obtained search strategy additionally performed manual search articles references published articleswe found 65 articles 10 studies fulfilled inclusion criteria included analyses 10 studies comprised total 30218 subjects sample size ranged 489 14009 studies used participants older age 15 415 male 585 female studies crosssectional two hospitalbased prevalence type 2 diabetes ranged minimum 14 maximum 190 pooled prevalence type 2 diabetes 84 95 ci 62105 prevalence type 2 diabetes urban rural populations 81 95 ci 7389 10 95 ci 0713 respectivelythis knowledge first study systematically evaluate literature prevalence type 2 diabetes nepal results showed type 2 diabetes currently highburden disease nepal suggesting possible area deliberately expand preventive interventions well efforts control disease