Prevalence and gender disparities of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in Esmeraldas, Ecuador: a population-based survey in a hard-to-reach setting

• Main Authors: Marta Puig-García (Author), Cintia Caicedo-Montaño (Author), Mónica Márquez-Figueroa (Author), Elisa Chilet-Rosell (Author), Gregorio Montalvo-Villacis (Author), Ikram Benazizi-Dahbi (Author), Andrés Peralta (Author), Ana Lucía Torres-Castillo (Author), Lucy Anne Parker (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM) prevalence is increasing in low- and middle-income countries along with high levels of obesity which vary according to socioeconomic and contextual characteristics. We aim to estimate the prevalence of T2DM and obesity in men and women in a hard-to-reach ru...