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Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in 6 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Findings From Wave 1 of the World Health Organization's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)
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paper examine patterns selfreported diagnosis noncommunicable diseases ncds prevalences algorithmmeasured testbased undiagnosed untreated ncds china ghana india mexico russia south africanationally representative samples older adults aged 50 years analyzed wave 1 world health organizations study global ageing adult health 20072010 n 34149analyses focused 6 conditions angina arthritis asthma chronic lung disease depression hypertensionoutcomes ncds 1 selfreported disease 2 algorithmmeasured testbased disease 3 undiagnosed disease 4 untreated diseasealgorithmmeasured testbased prevalence ncds much higher selfreported prevalence 6 countries indicating underestimation ncd prevalence lowand middleincome countriesundiagnosed prevalence ncds highest hypertension ranging 197 95 confidence interval ci 181 213 india 496 95 ci 462 530 south africathe proportion untreated among diseases highest depression ranging 695 95 ci 571 819 south africa 932 95 ci 901 957 indiahigher levels education wealth significantly reduced odds undiagnosed condition untreated morbiditya high prevalence undiagnosed ncds even higher proportion untreated ncds highlights inadequacies diagnosis management ncds local healthcare systemschronic disease diagnosis lowand middleincome countries noncommunicable diseases untreated diseases