https://www.omicsonline.org/conference-proceedings/2332-0877.C1.020_003.pdf

Prevalence of comorbidities in the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV): a systematic review and meta-analysis.

http://icph.birzeit.edu/sites/default/files/Non-communicable%20diseases%20in%20the%20Arab%20world.pdf

Non-communicable diseases in the Arab world

Introduction
Data on obesity from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are nonexistent, making it impossible to determine whether the efforts of the Saudi Ministry of Health are having an effect on obesity trends. To determine obesity prevalence and associated factors in the KSA, we conducted a national survey on chronic diseases and their risk factors.

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Obesity and Associated Factors — Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 2013

http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/bitstream/2445/125702/1/MokdadAH.pdf

Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

Dyslipidaemias are alterations to the plasma lipid profile that are often associated with clinical conditions. Dyslipidaemias, particularly elevated plasma LDL-cholesterol levels, are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease, but some forms, such as hypertriglyceridaemia, are associated with severe diseases in other organ systems, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and acute pancreatitis. Dyslipidaemias can be genetically determined (primary or familial dyslipidaemias) or secondary to other conditions (such as diabetes mellitus, obesity or an unhealthy lifestyle), the latter being more common. Hypercholesterolaemia is the most common form of dyslipidaemia and is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, with elevated plasma LDL-cholesterol levels being the 15th leading risk factor for death in 1990, rising to 11th in 2007 and 8th in 2019. The global burden of dyslipidaemias has increased over the past 30 years. Furthermore, the combination of high triglyceride levels and low HDL-cholesterol levels (together with the presence of small, dense LDL particles), referred to as atherogenic dyslipidaemia, is highly prevalent in patients with diabetes or metabolic syndrome and increases their risk of cardiovascular disease. Given the increasing prevalence of diabetes worldwide, treating lipid abnormalities in these patients might reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease. Dyslipidaemias, particularly hypercholesterolaemia, are major risk factors for cardiovascular disease. In this Review, Catapano and colleagues summarize the latest data on plasma lipid levels and associated deaths and trends in these parameters over the past four decades in different regions of the world.

Global epidemiology of dyslipidaemias

https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(13)62189-3.pdf

M Bassam Hijawi Qasem

Papers

The state of health in the Arab world, 1990–2010: an analysis of the burden of diseases, injuries, and risk factors