Temporal changes in the epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in Turkey: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Mehmet Birhan Yılmaz (Author), Mustafa Kılıçkap (Author), Adnan Abacı (Author), Cem Barçın (Author), Fahri Bayram (Author), Doruk Karaaslan (Author), Hüseyin Göksülük (Author), Meral Kayıkçıoğlu (Author), Necla Özer (Author), Gültekin Süleymanlar (Author), Mahmut Şahin (Author), Lale Tokgözoğlu (Author), İlhan Satman (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious public health problem. Despite various epidemiological studies reporting prevalence of DM in Turkey, there is no meta-analysis or systematic review evaluating these studies as a whole and assessing temporal changes in the prevalence of DM. In this meta-...