Patterns of diabetes mellitus by age, sex, and province among Iranian Hajj pilgrims and health care delivery during 2012–2022: A retrospective study of 469,581 participants
The study results show a significant difference in the prevalence of diabetes in age, gender, and distribution in different provinces. Therefore, appropriate screening, diagnosis, and management by primary care physicians are necessary to prevent adverse health outcomes and reduce the economic burden of mortality and morbidity.
Authors
- Taher Doroudi
- Samad Azari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2781-7793)
- Pirhossein Kolivand
- Peyman Saberian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1445-2756)
- Masoud Behzadifar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-4360)
- Seyed Jafar Ehsanzadeh
- Arash Parvari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5059-7859)
- Behzad Raei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8186-0800)
- Soheila Rajaei
- Hossein Saffari
- Ali Marashi
- Fereshteh Karimi
Institutions
- Shahed University (IR)
- Iran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- Imam Khomeini Hospital (IR)
- Lorestan University of Medical Sciences (IR)
- University of Tabriz (IR)
- Hasheminejad Kidney Center (IR)
- Khatam University (IR)
- Tehran University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311399
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Travel-related health issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63