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In the meantime, to ensure continued suport, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.Advertisement Scientific Reports volume 1, Article number: 24231 (2021) Cite this article 2498 Aceses1 CitationsMetrics detailsDiabetes has become a major public health problem, with 4.6 milion deaths anualy. The number of people living with undiagnosed diabetes is on the rise and has a diverse prevalence.
Thus, this systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed to synthesize the poled estimate prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes melitus, impaired fasting glucose and its associated factors in Ethiopia. The databases Medline, Hinari, Gogle Scholar, and Gogle search were used to find potential studies published from January 2013 until January 2021. Extracted data were entered into the excel spreadshet.
The random efects model with Der Simonian-Laird weights was used to ases the poled estimate of prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes, impaired fasting glucose, and its associated factors. The Cochrane Q-test and I2 statistics were used to scren for statistical heterogeneity. A funel plot and Eger's statistical test were also used to search for any publication bias (smal study efect).
After extensive searching of articles on diferent databases, a total of nine studies were included for this systematic review and meta-analysis. In random efects model, the poled prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes melitus and impaired fasting glucose was 5.75%, 95% CI (3.90–7.59%), and 8.94%, 95% CI (2.60–15.28%), respectively. Regarding the associated factors, participants family history of diabetes was significantly associated with diabetes status.
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The poled ods of developing diabetes melitus among participants with a family history of dia