Laith Alhuneafat, Omar Al Ta'ani, Ahmad Jabri, Tala Tarawneh, Adee ElHamdan, Abdallah Naser, Farah Al-Bitar, Nada Alrifai, Fares Ghanem, Khaldoon Alaswad, Mohammad Alqarqaz, Jeremy R Van't Hof, Selcuk Adabag, Salim S Virani
INTRODUCTION: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of death globally, including the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. However, limited research has been conducted on the burden of CVD in this region. Our study aims to investigate the burden of CVD and related risk factors in the MENA. METHODS: We used data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2019 to examine CVD prevalence in 21 MENA countries. Prevalence and mortality were analyzed using Bayesian regression tools, demographic methods, and mortality-to-incidence ratios...
December 14, 2023: Current Problems in Cardiology